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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
candypants
Published Letters: 335 Editor's Choice: 29
Thank you for saying what I was thinking. Just read this witty heartwarming book a few days ago and was struck with the beautiful characiture, the dry humour, the lovely insights into human frailties of the innocuous sort. Oh, and the romance. Although Fattore doesn't dwell on it, the book is plenty romantic, but smart romantic, realistic and just a tinge cynical romantic. So so ahead of its time.
The movie made me cringe. Another beautiful girl and glowering guy showing that holywood (or whatever) can flatten out even the most lucious material into another harlequin romance. Boooooriing.
This is an evian ad from France.
A
A quick google search reveals that this is an advert for Evian bottled water. Europeans really do get way better ads.
Adrienne
This guy is high. Got to be. I know a stoned frat boy when I see one.
I'm in the middle of law exams, jittery from caffeine and and bleched-out at the thought of two more weeks of this. Plus it is the kind of dull grey day where it never really gets light out.
This is exactly the sort of movie that almost invariably jolts me out of a slump like this - the Brits have perfected light comedies and I wish they could them together faster so that I could see one a week. Sure, the 'wind-shield wipers in my mind' will wash the slate clean in about two minutes after I leave the theatre, but its not like double-mocha lattes which kick you to the ground on their way out.
Oh, and Chiwetel Ejiofor smokin'. I don't care if he plays gay, straight, evil, saintly - he's got beauty, magnetism, grace, and amazing acting chops. I want to see more of him as a leading man.
You said: Obviously the US military would roll over Iraq, and it's just as obvious it would roll over Iran, though it would be a bit harder...
This is an understatement. Iran's population is almost three times that of iraq. The Iranian army has a small air force, but numerous army bases, a well trained army, and a land mass 4 times that of iraq. While most Iranians are not fond or the current regime of mullahs, they would fight American invasion tooth and nail. They are a proud people who perceive their country as a once great nation that will be great again. Most are confident in their right to develop nuclear weapons for security reasons.
Likening an invasion of iraq with an invasion of iran is incredibly misleading. For an excellent study of the implications, read this report by Oxford Research Group:
http://www.iranbodycount.org/
The report notes that an American attack against iran would undoubtedly have a unifying effect on the many different political and social factions which now exist within Iran, accompanied by a lifting of suport for and morale within the Royal Guard, and a commensurate boost to recruiting.
The first reaction to American airstrikes on iranian nuclear sites would likely be a furtive re-building of the nuclear capabilities, coupled with a witdrawal from the non-proliferation treaty (of which Iran is currently an abiding signatory). We would likely see increased Hezbollah activities in Lebanon, sabotage of west gulf oil facilities, and a world-wide reaction by muslims that would ultimately lead to more suicide bombings, more recruits for Al Quaida, and another generation of young muslims (this time iranian) that are willing to die to strike at American hegemony.
This article was a bit nauseating. The underlying defensivenes is quivering pathetically on the writers sleeve.
The girl is a cheater. She plagerized. Doesn't mean anything about East Indians in general.
Many East Indian people are bright, driven, and educated. Bollywood films are often eye-poppingly beautiful, pulitzer prizes aside, there are some great Indian writers, scientists, professors, and activists.
There are also many racist, ignorant East Indian people, dumb, suv driving gangsta kids from the suburbs. Depressed adults grappling with learning disorders, and overweight harridans hating boring office jobs. Many Bollwood films are shallow bits of eye candy with no sub-text. Some Indian literature is overly prosaic, new-agey garbage.
My point is not to slam East Indians, just to say, easy there! Put your culture on a pedestal, that's fine, but don't write an inane article about it which seems to want to perpetuate a stereotype that started to wither away years ago. You want to make it clear the cheater girl is an anomalie, and that Indians are by-in-large high acheivers. Just say it. Don't publish thinly veiled defensive missives. It's tripe.
You know those laws that protect corporations but leave animals (and many individuals) out in the cold? Well we have them here in Canada. We also have polar bears that are canibalizing each other - a not very freakish by-product of the diminishment of polar ice floes, their natural hunting grounds. As a law student and environmentalist, it's demoralizing.
Everytime I hear about someone who is combining intellectualism and art to create an alternative vision, I feel excited. I've just about given up on our generation, but what if we can instill a more refined humanity in the children? Imagine, a generation that places ecosystems and life forms before profit and convenience. I think that art has been and will continue to be one of the key mechanisms for instilling such values.
Plus, now I have to go to New York to see some of that crazy artwork. I love New York!
Well, mr. sourpuss. I thought it was adorable. Made me laugh for the first time today. Me love pink kitty noses!
Stunning. I would love to see this on a big screen and I certainly expect to see more of Marcondes in the future.
Like I said, tripe.
That woman is such a snake. She even looks serpentine - Lord Voldemort crossed with Vanna White. Kudos to that brave young girl for asserting.
Montreal
Cold, crystaline
Poutine
Beautiful black girls
Sweaty dancing
The river, the snow, the lights
J'aime Montreal!
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
