You know—I really enjoy when someone makes a simple comment that captures a situation from a previously unrecognized perspective. Example: the other day, Rush Limbaugh made an off-hand comment that baby formula and bottled water aren’t the enemy when it comes to airline safety; but rather, it is the whacko muslims. How simple, yet accurate—and much akin to Matt’s bird parody posted a few weeks back. The loss of absolute values secondary to the rise of relativism (in all its forms) has created a politically correct environment to the obscene. Deny my child her Vanilla Soy Milk, because we might offend Abdul over there by singling him out during the pre-flight boarding.

The reason why I dig up the dead issue is because we’re expected to fly to NC to see our respective families at least one time in the holiday season. But to be honest, I really don’t want to go through the hassle. I’ve got a toddler that likely won’t understand why she’s not allowed to have a drink in a cramped cattle-like atmosphere. Nor is she likely to be all that tolerant of our fear to offend Mr. Muhammad over there either.

And while I’m on it, apparently Miss England feels that stereotyping muslims causes terrorism. Yeah—ok, I’m seeing that as a valid excuse. If we can only accept and appease them a little bit more, then everything will be ok.

The whole thing just annoys me. Let my baby have her damn water bottle, stop frisking grandma, and why don’t you take a good hard look at Achmed Abdullah over there. I guess I must be an insensitive prick—but the cattle-class traveling environment is making me question if it’s even worth it.