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Just for the record (and before it becomes chiseled in the granite of British Columbia "human rights" jurisprudence), I wasn't aware I was being rude to my accusers after the TVOntario show. The very last words on air were me saying, "You wanna go to dinner?", and Khurrum Awan yelling back "No!" But, as the host Steve Paikin and his producers reported at some length on their website, Khurrum and I and the two gals stuck around for an hour of relatively civil conversation. In fact, I got the impression one of the ladies was growing rather fond of me, which, to be honest, was the main reason I hung about. But, now I come to think of it, that was the way it went at high school. You figure you're doing great and then next morning you overhear her telling her best friend by the lockers that she thought you were a dweeby limpet with halitosis. Unfortunately, in today's fractious legal environment, if Khurrum Awan thinks you're a dweeby limpet with halitosis who can't dance and has dried sweat rings under his cheesecloth shirt, he can add it to the long list of actionable "human rights" grievances to be laid before multiple tribunals and commissions.

Wow, this sure sounds like high school. Not just my time personally, understand, but the entire high school scene where everyone puffs themselves up way too much.

Come to think of it, I think that the Canadian Islamic Council is acting very much like Western teenage girls, very prissy. Almost Metrosexual. Which would be a compliment to most members of the media.

Maybe they should issue a fatwa against themselves until they grow a thicker skin.