Everything, Everything

I was reading Scott Adams' blog and he was talking about the Australian Muslim cleric who got in trouble for explaining his reasoning for why women should wear head scarves. His translated quote goes something like this: "If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside ... and the cats come to eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat's?"

Like you, I am highly offended by this comment. He compared men to CATS! Now don't get me wrong - I love cats. But they do clean themselves with their tongues, eat bugs, and have the IQs of squirrels. No offense to squirrels. And these cats are apparently rapists too. As you know, rapist cats are the very worst kinds of cats - even worse than the hairless ones.

I suppose I should consider the fact that the cleric's analogy is nothing more than a colorful restatement of a common Muslim religious view. But that's no excuse for comparing me to a cat that can't resist meat. I'm a vegetarian, ferrchrissake! I've been resisting meat for years! I call for that cleric's resignation.

But the best part of this story is the cleric's defense that he was just quoting an "ancient scholar." Apparently that strategy worked out pretty well for the Pope, so he thought he'd give it a go.

I love that last line :)