I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING

"I want to ask you something" is something that makes me uneasy. The Malay version is "Nak tanya sikit". The question might be perfectly ok with Customer Service people but to me, if you want to ask me something, ask away. Preambles are not necessary. What say you?

The question I am asking you readers (Muslim readers, particularly) is: Which affects your emotion most - The Fitna film (and today, the staging of The Satanic Verses in Potsdam) or the news that Safiah, the once child prodigy and ex-Oxford student chose to become a prostitute to make ends meet.

Let me know your thoughts.