When I was visiting England a couple years ago I ran across a t-shirt shop in Bath proudly displaying this gem in their window. It reminded me of a comment I'd heard from one of the people involved in making the movie Independence Day -- they said there were so many alien movies coming out because aliens were the only demographic group that didn't have a pack of lawyers ready to sue you for negative stereotyping if you made them the villain.

I'd say that person was mostly correct...altho he neglected to mention the demographic group Hollywood most loves to hate -- those nasty Christians.

Yesterday I read an article about the BBC continuing that grand Hollywood tradition in their new series Bonekickers. The latest episode showed a radical, fundamentalist Christian lopping off the head of a peaceful, law-abiding Muslim. Huh. That sounds so familiar...almost like it's ripped from the headlines. Or not. My favorite quote in the article is this:

"A Martian watching TV drama of late would probably conclude that the country is crawling with homicidal Islamophobes, desperate to kill those few Muslims who have not already been interned by the government or shot by the police."