Shorter Roger Scruton: Humanism used to be about walking; now it's only about chewing gum.
Shorter Roger Scruton II: It is so negative to speak out against bad things.
Then there's this comment (3.10.09 @ 8:34AM): "If I wasn't a Christian, I think I wouldn't care about humanity because I don't see the point of morality - with no deity to offend, what's the point?"
(Via Arts & Letters Daily.)
UPDATE: I am being about 37 percent unfair to Scruton, and the entire article is worth a read.
