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...Christianity? Would Palestinians have more positive feelings about being dispossessed if they were all Christians? Would Iraqis feel better about years of crippling sanctions and bombing if they were of another faith? Would they look more kindly upon the torturers at Abu Ghraib? No. Palestinians and Iraqis would be committing the same violence but perhaps using biblical verses to justify it. Rather than analyzing the holy books of each religion, it would be more productive to address the social, economic and political reasons that motivate people to commit violent acts...
...Raphael Lemkin fled Nazi-occupied Europe, arrived in the U.S. and invented a word that he thought would change the world. Lemkin believed that genocide-- from the Greek geno (race or tribe) and the Latin cide (from caedere, killing)--would carry such stigma that states would be loath to commit the crime--or to allow...
...story is the same: the hero is liberated when he breaks free from political convention and starts speaking from the heart. In the old days, Mr. Smith fought political bosses. Nowadays the bosses are political consultants. Senator Bulworth--in Warren Beatty's 1998 film--is liberated after deciding to commit suicide while watching his re-election...
...This is why Joaquin was perfect for the role, because the number of actors that are willing to commit themselves to such a level of intensity, for his generation, are very few,” says Russell. “We needed a character who was willing not to look heroic all the time...
...children with bipolar disorder, in which periods of depression alternate with manic states, may be particularly susceptible to suicidal acts if they are given antidepressants alone. And doctors have long known that patients in the early stages of recovery from depression--by whatever means--are, paradoxically, more likely to commit suicide...