Everyone has seen this CNN report on the attack in Kenya, but I notice there is a bit about something called "The Army of Palestine". That's kind of a new thing, and Israel now has a real army to contend with - that should simplify things. First thing would be to find out what their uniform looks like so you could identify their troops in the field. I wonder who the Army of Palestine's Chief of Staff is? Or what sort of procurement process they have? And do they have a pension plan, or - oh, haha, I guess it's the 72 virgins deal again. Cheap at half the price.
So another Miss Universe winds down in bloody riots, with 200 killed. (Full story in The National Post). Okay, maybe it's a first, but it won't be the last time some innocuous event in a Moslem region ends in insanity. From the Post story:
Yesterday, the remaining contestants addressed the media in London, where Julia Morley, the woman in charge of the pageant, refused to accept responsibility for the bloody riots. Mrs. Morley pinned the blame solely on Isioma Daniel, the This Day writer who suggested that Muhammad "would probably have chosen a wife from among" the contestants. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo also blamed the uproar on "irresponsible journalism."
Irresponsible journalism! What, misquoted somebody? Didn't check her facts? What I think I think Mr O'Banjoman really means is "irresponsible opinions." Yes, it was kind of irresponsible. You can't just go around thinking and writing things that might possibly enrage Moslems. Surely everyone remembers what happened to Salman Rushdie a few years ago. You can't just write anything you want and not expect to have a bloodbath on your hands. The interesting question is, how many people in the West go along with Ms Morley, and blame the journalist instead of violent Islamic mobs? The same thing was on offer in the Rushdie case. Concerned people started weighing up his crime instead of assessing the danger of tyrants who want to assassinate Western writers and kill everyone. Could it be that ... but there are some things you shouldn't say.
