Self-Centered Scum ???

Western civilization risks becoming narcissistic "scum" because of its perverse values, a Russian Orthodox Church speaker told a high-profile international gathering on the weekend.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-priest-says-west-is-on-track-to-becoming-self-centered-scum/510898.html

At first I was tempted to ignore this priest's accusations, but then I saw this:

A student at Dartmouth College asked Texas Governor Rick Perry Sunday if he would accept anal sex in exchange for $102 million in campaign contributions.

Senior Emily Sellers, a member of The Dartmouth, the official campus newspaper, posed the question to confront Perry’s stance on homosexuality. Another student, Timothy Messen, accused Perry of comparing homosexuality to alcoholism.

"Do you (Rick Perry) dislike bootysex because the peeny goes in where the poopy comes out?"

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6048

I have no love for Rick Perry. But I also have no love for Americans who are grossly disrespectful to foreign and domestic leaders with whom they do not agree.

The world is not America, and America is not the world. I'm not going to defend anyone's culture, but if we truly believed in diversity I would not have to.