Alliterative Quote of the Day

Mark Steyn, writing in Macleans magazine online, commenting on the Canadian prohibitions against saying anything vaguely "anti-Islamic" because it could be viewed as being hate speech:

What was it they said in the Cold War? Better dead than red. We're not like that anymore. Better screwed than rude.

Love those diffident Canadians; that will do for my quote of the day.