A Muslim extremist from Bangladesh but based in Toronto has had charges laid against him for advocating hatred of Jews.  For three years his web site has been posting comments calling for the extermination of all Jews - he is quite openly advocating genocide.  The strange thing is that it has taken the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) this long to do anything.  About a year ago, an investigation was put on hold since Salman Hossain was undergoing therapy.  However, it was clear that it did not work when his language got stronger after its completion.  The Police then started a five month investigation which completed yesterday when charges were laid .  But because the investigation was so public, Salman took the opportunity to flee - apparently to Bangladesh.  He continues to contribute to a site hosted in the U.S. with comments  admitting he had called for the extermination and genocide of Jews.  The OPP are "working on" shutting down this web site by asking the U.S. to help.

These days, the archetypes of good and evil in our society are Mother Teresa and Hitler, respectively. If you start with these two as the paradigms, it becomes pretty easy to figure out what "Good" and "Evil" are really all about. I admit that I have never met Adolf Hitler. Fortunately for this blog post, however, I have met Mother Teresa. It was in Toronto, Canada back in '84. She was giving a speech at Shea Stadium and I (being the 'good Catholic boy destined for priesthood') was brought to Toronto to be introduced to a living saint. The woman was a bitch to me. I shook her hand and she sneered. I said a few words - basic niceties of some sort - and she just glowered at me. After about three seconds, she turned to the security people with her and said "Get rid of him." They did. I suspect I would have done better meeting Hitler.

Why does everyone on TV and for that matter, the entire media, pussyfoot around religion?  Religion by its nature is not about peaceful things - although spirituality may well be.  Religion is about having an opinion - sorry, belief - that your ideas are right and anyone who disagrees is wrong and should be either converted, doomed to hell or even killed.  Yet telling it like it is can cause you to be persona non grata in  "polite company" - and is especially not allowed in the public media like most television programs.