also feeling insulted

It’s quite the coincidence that just a few days after I wrote a post called “the Eleventh Commandment,” in which I made fun of all the people in the world whose feelings are hurt and who are mad as hell and just won’t take it anymore, the Imus brouhaha expoded into the news cycle.

I have nothing to add about Imus. But I can report that the Indians are not at all happy with Richard Gere:

Protesters burn effigies of Gere after Shilpa kiss

Richard Gere’s repeated kisses on the cheeks of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty in an event to promote AIDS awareness sparked protests in India on Monday with demonstrators burning effigies of the actor.

What were they protesting?

The protesters said Gere’s kissing of Shilpa was against Indian culture.

Uh-huh.

By the way, this is the Eleventh Commandment: thou shalt not (dare) insult the hypersensitive.