Mysterious Monks, Fruit Fetish and Helpless Horses - oh my!

It's that time again - time to round up some questionable uses of the word 'Medieval.'

Say what you will about how the word is used, it sure gets around. Below you will find 'Medieval' referenced in the contexts of brutality, religion and ignorance - what a surprise. Once again the news media manages to provide much stereotype as less substance. The small-mindedness of the news media is almost medie... never mind.

“It’s medieval, and people must speak out. Justice Secretary Jack Straw is the one who should be in the dock, not me. I am not the wrongdoer. ..."

"In the medieval era, he explains, "it was considered a turn-on for a woman to peel an apple and coddle it in her armpit until infused with her body odour, ..."

"Sen. Sue Madison and Attorney General Dustin McDaniel are both ready to try again on legislation to make first offense animal cruelty a felony, something 40 other states have managed to accomplish. But the Arkansas Farm Bureau and the likes of Rep. Chris Thyer continue as roadblocks to moving the state out of the medieval era. ..."

"... is that such laws are costing the state’s taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, even as they reduce conditions in our prisons to medieval levels. ..."

"Medieval monks and mystery seem to go hand in hand..."

“At the church we have to constantly be looking at the language we’re using so that it speaks to people and doesn’t stay anchored in medieval times...”

"Read the likes of Richard Dawkins and they will tell you, in language so fiery and vitriolic it might well have come from the pulpit of a Medieval fundamentalist, that prayer is a futile exercise."

"It’s medieval for horses.” Renowned Kentucky horse veterinarian Dr. Alex Harthill said simply: “Sure, it hurts a horse.” Whipping is an egregiously cruel ..."