This Modern World: (apologies to Tom Tomorrow)

Rioting in Nigeria by offended Muslims leaves 100 dead. Now that the Miss World Pageant is moving to London, there will no longer be a reason for Nigeria to work hard to stop the stoning-death of women convicted of adultery under Sharia Law. That's sad.

While reading the stories (1, 2) about the rioting, this caught our eye:

... many people in Kaduna [said] that their attention was drawn to the offending article in the paper, through text messages on their mobile phones.

and

People armed with sticks, daggers and knives set fire to vehicles and attacked anyone they suspected of being Christian.

Cellphones and wooden sticks! Good grief.

posted by Quiddity at 11/23/2002 12:43:00 PM