the world's greatest lover

This one is doing the rounds, and it's too good not to re-post it. A letter from the Independent (U.K.)

Following Israel's self-appointment as the world's most moral army, may I appoint myself as the world's greatest lover. When after five minutes this claim is questioned and then ridiculed, I will aggressively question your editorial standards and bias.

Especially keeping in mind reports such as this incursion into a West Bank town, where over 150 minors and youths [were] arrested and questioned in the grounds of a school. A man was injured also. The Palestinian paramedics were called and nearby, but not allowed to enter. The Israeli forces saying they would deal with it, but they didn't. Journalists and a television crew were either denied entry, or escorted from the grounds. You might want to read this report on incarceration in Israeli prisons, too. I thought democracy was meant to be opposed to these kinds of actions.

A boycott call has gone out to Australian academics.