I can mock the hick parts of my own country too.

Yes, there are crazy religious people-that-time-forgot in Canada too:

CBC Montreal – Darwin’s theory not allowed in North Quebec schools

Teachers in some northern Quebec communities are being told not to talk about the evolution of humans because Darwin’s theory offends some Inuit people.

Alexandre April is a teacher in Salluit, Que., who says his school principal told teachers not to talk about the evolution of man.

I especially hate this part:

“There are some beliefs where they don’t want to hear this kind of stuff. You know, it’s kind of like any other religion. They have their beliefs, and we have to respect that,” said Gaston Pelletier of the Kativik school board.

Even if you believe that you have to respect the beliefs of othersI prefer to keep the right to question the merits of the beliefs of others–I’ve never bought into the “I have to respect your opinion, no matter how wrong-headed and baseless it is” shtick. Incidentally, while I’m thinking about how much people who think their private notions of offense trump science annoy me, I should point out how happy I am at the idea of their reaction to the discovery that not only are we descended from chimps, but we’re descended from monkey-screwing post-monkeys., that doesn’t mean that you do damage to your child’s education, or just ignore hundreds of years of science. Surely there’s a better way to “respect the beliefs” without completely tossing out science that some people find objectionable?