The Sleepwalk of the West

The BBC’s moral relativism is epitomised by this joke on Radio 4′s The Now Show (iPlayler, 12:23): “What’s the difference between nuclear proliferation in Iran, and nuclear proliferation in the US?” (Prolonged silence.) “Exactly!” Oh, isn’t that good. Ha. Unbridled hilarity aside, what is the difference? Let’s see… one wants to use military might to [...]

The Independent reports that Government advisers have said religious slaughter techniques practised by Jews and Muslims are cruel and should be ended. (They’re referring to animals, BTW.) How about this for an oxymoron: [Religious groups] are granted an exemption to the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995. So much for the meek inheriting [...]