Ebert

I've always liked Roger Ebert -- mostly because we seem to share the same taste in movies. He also seems like a good guy. Today I read his review of a new movie "Osama", about a woman living in Taliban ruled Afghanistan. The movie is about how horrifically the Taliban treated women, and one woman's attempts to life a normal life. Roger gave the movie 3.5 stars. Sounds good -- probably not easy to watch, but necessary.

I was struck by the last paragraph in his review, which read:
"In this country Janet Jackson bares a breast and causes a silly scandal. The Taliban would have stoned her to death. If you put these things into context, the Jackson case begins to look like an affirmation of Western civilization."

Which is probably, if not definitely, the most intelligent thing I've read regarding the Janet Jackson incident. Kind of puts it in a new perspective, no?