Ouch

John Derbyshire on AIDS:

We should always do our best with the Christian virtues, and I honestly do; but faced with the sheer stupendous quantity of suffering in the world, the quite disproportionate attention given to people with AIDS — many of whom got the disease as a result of irresponsible hedonism — often seems to me, to speak frankly about it, offensive.

And:

A no-tax pledge from a candidate is always a plus, far as I’m concerned, but here are three more pledges a politician should make if he wants my vote.

Don’t weep in public, unless your spouse just dropped dead on the stage right next to you.

Don’t point, unless a fire has broken out, or the Second Coming has taken place right there in the hall.

Don’t tell me how hard illegal immigrants work. I know they work hard, but they’re I-L-L-E-G-A-L.