Sunday, April 24, 2005

Oh, that's it.

I puzzled over the media firestorm concerning Benedict XVI's compulsory membership in the Hitler Youth. I couldn't make sense of the outrage over this--it's not like he had much of a choice.

Then it hit me--of course!

Such a decision runs counter to our venerable American tradition of 14 year old martyrs...

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