PZ Myers' latest post is an immensely powerful invective against senseless murder. It's an uncompromising condemnation of last week's attack at a UN compound in Afghanistan, and of murder in general. Be forewarned, this is harrowing material - it will alter your mood and make you want to write, or just think.
I don't fully agree with his black and white stance on taking human life (see the 2nd-to-last paragraph of the essay), but to his credit, Myers acknowledges his position at the far left of this particular moral spectrum.
Incidentally, this is a good blog that I read regularly (and occasionally reblog here). His posts are full of vitriol, usually against religious institutions causing more harm than good in this country and around the world. I don't share his staunch hatred for religion (my problem is more with the institutions that propagate it, but that's a topic for another day), nor his contempt for the pious. Still, he usually comes down on the right side of an issue, and what he lacks in tact he makes up for with a powerful command of the language.
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