God, I hate people with those attitudes. On reflection, I realised that that's precisely why so many Christians piss me off. Not their beliefs, or the fact that they try to convert me (at least, not if they do it nicely and discreetly) but the fact that they tend to sport a I'm-holier-than-thou-and-you're-going-to-end-up-in-hell-if-you-don't-repent-while-I-sip-iced-lemonade-and-lounge-about-in-heaven attitude.

No, this isn't another whack-the-Christian post. What set off this tirade is the damn Muslim peeping toms. 'Moral enforcement team', indeed. Just call a kaypo a kaypo, wouldya? And they had the nerve to defy the Cabinet and announce a plan to appeal to the Minister of Interior Affairs (was it Interior Affairs? Can't quite recall the relevant ministry). God, don't these people learn? There has never been a case in history when self-appointed 'moral guardians' actually accomplished something useful.

Morals, despite what some people may wish, are not a fixed set of standards. Rather, they are the accepted norms of society. Morals are defined by behaviour that the public will condone and accept, as compared to actions that the public feels is wrong. Unfortunately, self-appointed moral guardians are not representative of society at large. Rather, they tend to be from the more conservative (read:anally-retentive) segments, usually bored, overly righteous, and intolerant of all beliefs and behaviours which differ from them. For goodness sake, when all major religions preach tolerance and understanding, why is it those people who claim to be the most moralistic who end up being the most intolerant?