Marcus at Harry’s Place:

“The President of Iran accused Western countries of having a “medieval mind set” recently after concerns about the proliferation of nuclear weapons soured relations yet further.

If medieval is the correct word to describe Germany, Britain, France and the United States what might be the correct term for a country which is one of the last theocracies on the planet, whose criminal justice system is based on a book written in the Seventh Century, and which sends young men to the gallows for their sexuality?”

Quite.