Violence

Today Daniel Pipes blogs the story of a recent column in Britain's ultra-left Guardian, calling for the assassination of President Bush. Amid the predictable public outcry, the Guardian pulled the column and put the following apology in its place:

The final sentence of a column in The Guide on Saturday caused offence to some readers. The Guardian associates itself with the following statement from the writer.

"Charlie Brooker apologises for any offence caused by his comments relating to President Bush in his TV column, Screen Burn. The views expressed in this column are not those of the Guardian. Although flippant and tasteless, his closing comments were intended as an ironic joke, not as a call to action - an intention he believed regular readers of his humorous column would understand. He deplores violence of any kind."

Violence of any kind? I'm sure that would include the horrific violence the US perpetrated in protecting Britan and liberating Europe from Nazi Germany. Yes, those sophisticated Euros deplore violence of any kind. And their continent will again shake for it.