Yesterday Richard Dawkins got an interview on the Belgian television. He had gotten an honorary degree of the University of Antwerp and he stated his usual (but for Belgium new) views on religion, Islam and especially on indoctrination of childeren in religion. This - according to him - is child abuse.
Richard Dawkins is not a young man (yes, this is relevant)
Today on the Belgian television we got an interview with a new political party, the VCD. They want to return the Catholic ethics. They are against abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage and lesbian marriage (yes, they seem to think the two latter are 'different' things).
Except for one complete -young - idiot, the members of the VCD seem to be in the same age bracket as Richard Dawkins.
These were obviously two opposites (the news-reader thought so as well). And although I know where I stand, I like the fact that both 'ideas' got equivalent exposure on tv, brought - in this case - by parties that looked exactly the same, neither side having the advantage. We need ideas - and the logic behind them - explained, so we can weigh and judge and form our own conclusions. Good job by our national tv !
