The taliban are human too.

Lyse Doucet, a reporter for (shock horror) the BBC, reckons that the media are failing to report the humanity of the Taliban.

Apparently we should all be admiring the diversity and humanity of an organisation who killed people (yes, women are people) for uncovering their faces or trying to get an education and who banned television.

I have no objection to people holding, or indeed spouting crackpot views, but I do object to them being paid by my taxes to do so.