Steven Den Beste of U.S.S. Clueless makes fun of an anti-war demonstrator's slogan:

Love Heals. All we have to do is reach out our hand to Saddam, try to understand him, care about him and love him, and he'll respond in kind, drop all that silliness about trying to make a nuke, and just become such a wonderful guy you'd never believe. I mean, he's not really bad down deep, is he? Deep down inside we're all the same and we all want to be good people if only we're given the chance. The only reason he's a murderous and brutal dictator is because we're forcing him to be with those nasty sanctions and stuff. If we just try to work with him, you know, try to feel his anger then that knot of anger in him which is making him do all that terrible stuff will melt away.

Some years back, a friend was waiting in a very long checkout line at a bookstore in D.C. a week or so before Christmas. He noticed that the woman in front of him was going to great lengths to cover up the title of the book she was holding. He finally managed to catch a glimpse of it: Women Who Love Men Who Hate Women. He had a slight and momentary urge to say "I couldn't help noticing the book you're buying. It just so happens that I'm a man who hates women. Are you doing anything Saturday night?" Being a decent guy despite his sick sense of humor, he of course suppressed the urge.

Though too lazy to look it up, I've sometimes wondered if the book was part of a series:

Women Who Love Men Who Love Men,

Women Who Love Women Who Love Men,

Men Who Love Women Who Hate Men But Don't Love Women Either,

Women Who Love Men Who Love Only Their Jobs,

Men Who Love Women Who Love Only Cats,

and so on -- the possibilities are endless.

Den Beste's story inspires thoughts of new titles:

Women Who Love Men Who Hate Men and Women,

Women Who Love Men Who Brutally Oppress Entire Nations.

Reader suggestions may be posted as comments.