I suppose he sees it as a balancing counterpoint to the excessive emphasis on sex in the western world, which also points at his fondness for paid sex. Both views imply looking down upon women, a concept he understands, and does... so he can't condemn it, only rationalize it.

But isn't this just art imitating life? That being the rise, validation and consolidation of the filthy rich in the face of a shrinking middle class whose struggle seems to be unfilmable or at least not attractive enough for a tv show to make.

Such theorical show would have to deal with the political climate and economical consequences of the american way of life, not just the glamour and you'll NEVER see that on tv. Way too much real. Like Traffic, but without the moral ambivalence against addiction or it's origins.

For the comicbook inclined, I would recommend "Y - The last man", which has nothing to do with the Inuit but a lot with a female only Earth. Nuff said!

Very enlightening response, and one i read, many are still trying to view from the employer-employee-structure side; co-workers and managers are people, no matter their position on the pyramid, subject to want and fears, specially being lonely or misunderstood. That's the forces that shape the workplace, not performance or numbers, those come and go, people still need the security of the flock. And someone to lead it.

I still have the book shrinkwrapped on my bookshelf, not having time yet to read it; but what strikes me most of these critics and defenders of the faith is their belief on a God that can be killed or his significance demeaned by book, movie or man.

This also reminds me of the destruction of the Buddha colossi in Afghanistan, the outcry originated at artistic and archeologic groups, but no buddhist declaration of war was ensued.

There's a lesson to be learned here, one that begs the analysis of where God truly dwells.

It's interesting how many readers have taken to side or disgress with Reynolds, on the grounds of a supposely in depth analysis of the box's time frame; but at the core I can only see his dislike for the genre (page one of the article), serving as a rule to judge every song as not hip-hop like (or black enough).

Maybe on a future review we can enjoy another journey into his mind -which is fine, but should find it's way to the article's title or first line blurb- or rather, a judgement based on the merits of the songs themselves, but not for what they are not.

This is just as well on a society which encourages judicial demands instead of individualy trying to solve their problems. That said, if abortion is an personal issue then PAS is a perfectly reasonable human response to an affected party. Are we expecting our actions not to have reactions on others? Or does my right to choose cancels my partner right to feel?

But then again, everyone is entitled to their opinion, money is what further complicates situations as it has nothing to do with Life, but in this case with sadness and revenge.

I wonder if the next step for this research could be to teach sign language to a controlled wild chimp group. This would enable us gain better understanding on the species in its natural setting, probably beyond actual studies. They would answer back.

Same for dolphins. Maybe this has been done before.

Mental note: write short story where a chimp is sent to a human settlement by his elders to study people...

The worst here is that in the final analysis there's no direct solution to this, rape while horrible is one of another list of violent acts destroying Congo. The brutality is what angers us most, but isn't new and should remind us from our own World War's propaganda.

As another reader has pointed out, if the true reasons for war were addressed, and I'm pretty sure the money trail would come slithering at some point at us, only then a healing of sorts would begin, but no, the powers that be are still profiteering from the conflict. This is rape.

Andrew, for "someone with a strong constitutional allergy to New Age-flavored self-actualization rhetoric" you to hold well your pointers to auto-knowledge and it shows on the article. Thanks.

Be it 92x92 or 100x100, there is a killer factor to consider: greed. If this ever comes to fruition, many will feel this as an ultimate blank check to overspenditure.

Without a change of mind to a downscaling of our manufactured "needs", all efforts are doomed to fail.

A very -but not intentional I'm sure- first world centrist view. Down here we don't have coal or carbon credits to speak of, just pay more and more for fuel and cut down forests. The bright side? Less cars we can't pay or sustain. The dark side: social unrest as all petrol related activities (all) increase costs.

Is it me or does Che looks like a saint on the picture? Perhaps that is it's entry point to our conciousness.

In contrast to Korda's work, Fitzpatrick's is mostly known today for his depiction of celtic myths in highly ornated images which emulate illuminated manuscripts and his drawings of women.

This deal has been signed long before a milimeter of the movie was filmed. A nice sentiment indeed, but ultimately without consequences.