uganda and the bahamas are too alike in that we revel and take pride in our insistence on being stupid and retrogressive. how can you hold your head high and insist on unabashed discrimination while you know that your own people, even those you do not so openly discriminate against, suffer, have suffered, and will continue to suffer because of it?

sidenote: of all the women in politics choose to speak on human rights issues, you -really- couldn't find a better example than her? the only logical explanation for this is that the persons behind this women's conference just started throwing darts at a map after last call.