There are some of us that really want your attempt at the whole “liberal enlightenment critique” thingy to work, but you just have to do better. It appears as if your heart just is not in it anymore.

Firstly the whole “sex driven suicide bombing” thesis was blown apart after we attacked it and the author wrote an email to this web-site saying he was misquoted. To bring it up is embarrassing for you because it shows that you either do not read, or worse, do not comprehend relatively straightforward concepts.

Secondly, if you were better educated you would have come back at me with the Tillman brothers as exemplars of moral courage, but since you aren’t I have to provide the critique myself.

Thirdly calling God “dog” is hardly likely to provoke anyone here, and what’s more it reveals a lot about you since it comes from a cartoon in this week’s Spectator (page 22), and suggests that all “your” opinions are pre-digested.

Fourthly, do you really want to get into a debate about contemporary British military courage?

Now try it again, and this time with some feeling.

Let’s face it, the sentiments behind the article are those of a deeply macho/warrior/tribal world-view, and if we can’t sneer (or pout) at thatm things have come to a pretty pass.

Well, OK, but just remember that if the wind changes, your face will stay that way.

Let’s face it, the sentiments behind the article are those of a deeply macho/warrior/tribal world-view, and if we can’t sneer (or pout) at thatm things have come to a pretty pass.

It’s generally in response to silliness like the implicit “what the US does defines Westernism”.

You’re right. We all know it’s actually Hollywood that defines everything Western. I mean, for me, it doesn’t get much more definitive than Die Hard and Rules of Engagement.

You should hire them out if you haven’t seen them. The courtroom scenes in the latter are a real corker.

There’s a recurring theme with your comments – they’re always the written equivalent of a childish pout.

I think you need a hug. Until then, try and be constructive with your regular “commentary”.