A society that is built upon kind words and good intentions...

as ours is, Europeans, cannot, should not, rejoice in something like:
a. Mocking Liam Fox's friendship with another person, be it a man or a woman.
b. Make fun of Silvio Berlusconi's persona and the fact that he likes looking at the ass of a female policitian.
c. Cheer at the horrible pictures of Gaddafi's dead, bloody and abused body.

Intelligent and sensitive societies, and I believe I belong to one of them, wherever I am in Europe, do
a. Applaud the fact that Liam Fox has resigned as Defence Secretary due to the fact that a personal friend was profiting financially of his relationship with the Secretary of Defence.
b. Acknowledge that Silvio Berlusconi was a dreadful Primer Minister in Italy and his business and personal allies were in most cases undesirable. His behaviour as a Prime minister was awful and he is involved in many political and economical scandals.
c. Feel relief at the fact that a dictator is no longer in power and that Libya is free to start a more democratic era in History. But Gaddafi should have been left alive, put in prison and stand a fair trial for crimes against Humanity.

As people who have done illegal or downright inmoral/awful things, we mustn't put ourselves in the shoes of these three men. As human beings, we should.
A just and civilized society does not laugh at a politician's ill judged frienship; it does not laugh at the sexual weaknesses of a corrupt policitian; it does not cheer the brutal death of an elderly man.

More than 4,000 years of History tell us that civilization should be in the eyes of the beholder.

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