Swine Eleven

'Obama condemns Koran burning plan', said a BBC news headline. I agree - that doesn't sound like a very good plan at all, does it? It's some ghastly pastor in America called Terry, wanting to offend radical Muslims and - what the Hell? - all the other Muslims too, why not? He is fed up with Muslims getting all riled up about everything while Christians just sit there peacefully and take it. Isn't that what they're supposed to do though? Whatever happened to loving your enemy?

A listener to Jeremy Vine said the pastor should go ahead and burn the thing 'rather than being dictated to by world leaders'. Well yes, it's coming to something when you're letting world leaders dictate to you, isn't it?

Meanwhile, in Brentwood, a notice on the window of a new shop said that Peppa Pig would be in attendance at the shop's opening - on September 11th! I'm surprised that Obama didn't get wind of this - Peppa Pig has already offended against radical Muslim sensibilities (so it says on the internet) by - well, simply by being a pig, I suppose. Or at least, a popular one. This seems like another real slap in the face for Islam - OK, so it didn't actually say that she would be burning copies of the Koran, but you never can tell with Peppa. It's all down to how she's feeling on the day.