Why I live in Europe

I live in Europe because it is so much more progressive and enlightened than the backwards, reactionary, gun-totting, George-Bush-voting, racist, sexist, bigoted, homophobic, xenophobic United States. Take, for example, this recent illustration of cultural diversity in Denmark. This young Pakistani man’s (29) family was dishonoured by the actions of his younger sister (19). In order to rescue the good name of his family, the man responded in a culturally appropriate and perfectly valid way by ‘busting a few caps’ into her in the middle of a picturesque cobblestone street. Several of the projectiles were also lodged into the abdomen of her Afghan husband. In non-progressive areas of the United States, this action would be labelled as barbarous and exploited as a justification to possibly rethink recent patterns of immigration. Such a response, however, would be the only real act of barbarism, lacking the cardinal virtues of tolerance and cultural sensitivity. Join me in celebrating diversity: three cheers for non-western cultural practices! Hip, hip…