Don't piss them off

Jerry Falwell, the clown prince of the religious right, apologized yesterday, six days after "60 Minutes" broadcast Falwell's assertion that the prophet Muhammed was "a terrorist... a violent man, a man of war." After his comments led to fatal riots and a death decree for Falwell himself, the Baptist preacher retracted his remarks.

Of course he'll say anything -- it's his stock in trade, it made him famous, why should he stop now? It would be like expecting Darryl Strawberry to quit drugs and start a soup kitchen. What I want to know is, how can anybody take this guy seriously enough even to put him on television? Do the producers of "60 Minutes" really think he represents anybody but the most ignorant yahoos? Just look at him.