The Aztecs are Back

Plotnik was on the Dell Tech Support line all day Saturday, speaking with a man and a woman from Bangalore, where it was 2AM. Neither person could help him, but both were required to take down reams of useless information, and put him through the same worthless protocol. It was frustration to the extreme, but then Plot turned on the TV to read about the bombing attack in New Delhi. He forgot about the man and the woman in Bangalore and started thinking about the men and women and babies in New Delhi.

Muslims against Hindus in New Delhi. Muslims against Anglicans in London. Muslims against Catholics in Madrid. Muslims against Jews in Gaza. Muslims against Christians and Jews in New York. Muslims against Buddhist statues in Afghanistan, against teenagers at a disco in Indonesia, against women and children all over the world, and against other Muslims perhaps most of all.

Muslims are starting to feel like Aztecs, a bloodthirsty God at their shoulder.

The Great Plotnik tries not to take sides in religious struggles, because the problems are never as simple as they appear. But come on, folks. This is getting ridiculous.