There's an people in the southern Philippines called the Moro. Like many supposedly ethnic groups in the world they aren't genetically any different from their neighbours, and are separated from them purely by religion. Specifically, the Moro are Muslim while most Filipinos are Catholics. The name derives from the word Moor, which was what the Spanish called them when they were in charge.

As often happens in these cases, the Moro want their own homeland, so they can follow the words of Mohammed the paedophile warmonger instead of Jesus the tyrant of hellfire, and since 1981 they've had their own guerilla army to help them get there.

So here's a big shout out to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and let's all hope there aren't too many prospective jihadists who Google their initials.

The Council of Europe have passed a resolution. This is how it goes:

The advance of scientific knowledge through the process of rational enquiry is thousands of years old. Ancient civilisations around the World made valuable contributions. Modern science started in Europe with the scientific revolution of the 15th and 16th centuries. This was followed by the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th and has continued to the present.

So far, so erudite. They then go on to say:

However, in recent years we have witnessed attempts to reconcile the biblical account of creation with modern science and outlaw the theory of evolution. "Creationists" pretend that "intelligent design" by a supreme entity is the scientific explanation for the universe.

Such an approach has no credibility among the scientific community but has succeeded in raising doubts in less informed minds, including persons with high political responsibilities, mainly in the USA but also in Europe. Some schools are now forced to teach creationism. The middle path of providing equal time for both merely offers a middle way between truth and falsehood.

And they round off with a rousing chorus of:

... the Assembly is concerned at the possible negative consequences of the promotion of creationism through education and recommends that the Committee of Ministers assess the situation in the Council of Europe member countries and propose adequate counter-measures.

So, learning is good, troglodytes are bad, and if you don't like it you can now officially fuck off. I'm really proud to be a European. We're so - educated.

Poor old PZ Myers, though, is stuck in Minnesota and surrounded by hundreds of millions of troglodytes in all their (lack of) variety. I got all this from his site - can you imagine his mental anguish? Stuck with people who think like this? And who say things like this? And as for Britain, do we go with America or Europe? Ooh, I just can't decide.

Just to stop us getting too smug though, there's always people like this.