It is the next big show in town: the Animal Farm ...oh those pigs!!

...with all the humanitarian-related international protocols, agreements, laws etc when it really doesn't make any difference!

There is a suggestion that world citizens do something about this. I am assuming petition etc but how is one convinced by these attempts to end the Dafur crisis when it is led by nationals whose own country currently occupies another sovereign nation - an occupation that is generally-speaking, oppossed by majority of world citizens? Will their attempts be thrown back in their face because of the Iraq aspect?

Having had my cynical spill, I commend the celebrities who are taking interest and wish your project the best of outcomes...

...you need to apply some tough love here: either visit her and have a frank discussion about it or just tell the other women who WILL have that frank discussion with her.

is there a way those involved in this case be brought to justice?

new definition of democracy: a set up that must have a president whose right all the time, support for war to keep arms manufacturers and ex-CIA officials happy and working and a medical system that costs an arm and a leg and then systematically kills the rest (of the body) that's still working.

For people in the South Pacific where we are actually living the effects of global warming with certain countries like Tuvalu where people scurry into, now, high-raised thatched homes when waves bigger than normal arrive and literrally sweeps through their gardens and wells, this is especially hopeful. Hopeful because Murdoch's network implies the much-needed awareness platform. Yes the earth will eventually be scotched to nothing one day but we don't have to help it reach that point so if Murdoch's media outlets become ambassadors then why not? To shoot it down would be like the refusal of essential assistance Cuba offered during the hurricane katrina flooding saga.

The hope is he lobbies so hard that his country of birth Australia and country of choice America will sign the Kyoto Protocol.

hasn't the national system adopted your (Orgn)vote-by-mail system? Apart from the convenience it offers, the turn-out stat you state should be enough motivation for a change, makes the results of the elections legitimate, non?

Also, America must never forget that its laws and regulations are closely monitored by developing nations. And if it was to have an electoral system such as Oregan uses and these developing nations adopted them (with local consideation of course) then eventually, America wouldn't really have to deal with so much "undemocratic" practices around the world that it dis it's fingers into - unless of course it's just another sick ploy to ensure an excuse for its continuing albeit unwelcome show of muscle!

I loved this article. I agree that ugly words sometimes gets the message through. Is it unreasonable to believe that these spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-child tactics will breed us a really troubled future?

Oh and generally-speaking, why is it that bad human behaviour are more often than not, compared to some animal mannerism or feature? Everyone is guilty of name-calling but it should remain within the homosapien sphere: leave them animals alone!

If he said it in public then he says it in private.

If that is his usual diatribe in private, he will keep saying it in pubilc. It wasn't a slip of a tongue folks, he just forgot momentarily where he was.

It is management's call to sack him and if they haven't done so than the man is staying. How can he go home? Without an audience so perhaps it would be more effective to boycott his show. We can all start getting used to missing him during this next two weeks.

If you asked me, he should go home.

Real men don't "hit" women.

Shame on him.

Contents of these articles all very sad and unfortunately part of how the army runs things - perhaps a classic example Joe Conason could use in his book (It Can Happen Here: Authoritarianism in this day and age).

To save your injured soldiers, maybe your commanders could look to Fiji, whose military force is renowned for its peacekeeping duties under the United Nations. Boredom may have pushed these highly skilled, experienced soldiers over the edge, ousting a democractically-elected govenment last December.

The US could recruit and send our soldeirs to Iraq. The US saves face and meets its targetted manpower on the ground without forcing your injured soldiers and saves ordinary Fijians' day by returning governance to those who should be running our government instead of gun-toating, trigger-happy, soldiers.

Whatever happens, I hope they make findings of their "investigations" available to Salon; they should allow this wonderfully informative series a dignified "La Fin"