Because our expectations from "good" and "bad" are different.

Submitted by Pradeep Mohanty (United States), Apr 5, 2009 at 16:48

Rebecca Moulds points out something that is not so much about liberal and conservative media as about how good and bad is defined by civilized societies. It is ironic that what we consider good becomes bad by just doing one good thing and what we consider bad starts getting our commendations as soon as it does one good thing.

If a city in the rest-of-the-world dicides to disallow the construction of a mosque, it will be considered a serious attack on the secular standards. It does not matter how justified the decision is. But on the other hand if a Islamic society allow the construction of a small church, it will be considered worthcommendable.

We human beings love exceptions. Rules confine us. As soon as a rule is proven wrong, we gain a bit of freedom. So we love exceptions. In the statistical reality, an exception does not disaprove a law -- it just makes it slightly less true.

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