Can we leave the UN now?
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned as "offensively anti-Islamic" a Dutch lawmaker's film that accuses the Koran of inciting violence.
Ban acknowledged efforts by the government of the Netherlands to stop the broadcast of the film, which was launched by Islam critic Geert Wilders over the Internet, and appealed for calm to those "understandably offended by it."
"There is no justification for hate speech or incitement to violence," Ban said in a statement. "The right of free expression is not at stake here."
Uh ok, so what is at stake?
"Freedom must always be accompanied by social responsibility," Ban said.
Uh huh, and let me guess, the UN is going to define "social responsibility" for us?
DOWNDATE: Maybe The One can help:
"Part of what my role in my politics is to get people who don't normally listen to each other to talk to each other, who [say] crazy things, who are offended by each other, for me to understand them and to maybe help them understand each other."
I guess a groundbreaking speech to heal the rift between Islamists and the rest of the world will be forthcoming any day.