Plucky Punk goes Homer Simpson

Michael Kinsley said something in a recent Slate column that literally made me say "Woo-hoo!"

If the great essential truth about terrorism is that some people just hate the United States, the obvious next question is, Why?

God forbid anyone ask that question. Because, you know, we might just have to (gasp) consider the actions of our Great Nation and how they affect the world! Kinsley goes on to say:

If the subjective basis for terrorists hating America is off limits for consideration, that would seem to leave the objective basis: Is it something we did, or didn't do, to them or theirs?

D'oh!

Kinsley's piece is focuses on a very silly book-ette by William J. Bennett, but the general points he makes about what a cop-out it is to explain away the cause of terror as "evil" make it worth reading in general. See it here.