Friday digest

- Iran's president is proposing a scheme whereby non-Muslims in that country have to wear a badge. I fully expect that the insignias are going to closely resemble bullseyes so that infidel-hating assassins will know exactly who to target.

- CBC Newsworld is repeatedly running commercials in advance of "Bowling for Columbine" which is to air Sunday at 9:30. Years after Moore himself admitted fictionalizing certain segments to make a political point, why is this crap still being peddled as credible? Even if you like Moore, shouldn't the Canadian state broadcaster, funded by Canadian taxpayers, be promoting truly Canadian films?

- Female soldier Captain Nicola Goddard was killed in Afghanistan this week. Also, the media is reporting two gay Mounties are getting married in June.

My question is this: while tragic, why are we supposed to care any more about the death of Goddard more than we'd care about the death of any other soldier? Or, for that matter, the marriage of these two guys more than the marriage of any other two people?

I thought that equality meant exactly the same treatment for women as well as men, gays as well as straights. Apparently we're not quite there yet because it's still quite a big deal when a female soldier dies and also when two guys are getting hitched.