If we're going to rage against cultural atrocities, let's make sure we target the right ones

The highlight of my Christmas holidays was taking the family to see Avatar. It's not often a film comes along which wife, Boy (11), Girl (9) and I are able to adore in equal measure. But James Cameron's $200 million epic ego-fest hit the spot perfectly and for those families out there still wavering, I can't recommend it highly enough.

Whenever I've mentioned this to my right-leaning friends, though, the general reaction has been one of appalled horror. 'But how could you?' they want to know. ...