If You Really Loved Me You'd Let Me Eat Your Brain

Here's a funny Reuters story for you:

Bangladeshi Muslims protest over U.S. Koran abuse

Thousands of Islamic activists including Burqa-clad women and children marched through the streets of the Bangladeshi capital carrying copies of the Muslim holy book, placards and banners.

"Bush and Sharon, be aware and behave properly, otherwise you will see devastating Muslim human waves on your capitals," Moulana Muhiuddin Khan, chief of Jamiaat-e-Ulama-e-Islam, told a rally before leading a protest march.

Hmmm, just thousands, eh? They've got nearly 145 million inhabitants in Bangladesh, a country slightly smaller than Iowa. And it isn't like the 40% of the work force who can't get a job (yes, 40% unemployment!) have anything better to do than attend an anti-American rally. You mean the mosques couldn't turn out a few million unemployed Bangladeshi Muslims to take to the streets? I'd say a protest of thousands is a pathetic failure.

Perhaps the people of Bangladesh should be adopting our ways instead of protesting them. Let's look at some vital statistics.

Infant mortality rate: U.S.: 6.5, Bangladesh: 62.6.
(deaths per 1,000 live births)

Life expectancy: U.S.: 77.71 years, Bangladesh: 62.08 years.

Population density: U.S.: 83.6, Bangladesh: 2,791.3.
(people per sq. mile)

Annual flooding: U.S.:??, Bangladesh: 33%.
(percentage of country that floods)

GDP per capita: U.S.: $40,100, Bangladesh: $2,000.

So their babies die at nine times our rate, their people die 15 years earlier than ours, they're 33 times more crowded than we are, a third of their country is underwater every year, and they make about 5% of what we do.

Maybe the Bangladeshi's ought to think about fixing their own messes before giving us advice.