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Still, Akana recommends that if people are willing to sacrifice three or four days, put their lives on the line, and commit themselves to a task that exposes them to an extraordinary amount of toxins and trauma, they should go for it. I think people underestimate how much theyre getting themselves into. I consider myself pretty tough and durable, having seen some of this stuff before, but it was still very hard to deal with...
...respond to hatred, long-term, about the only decent such idea anyones ever had: to show respect for the humanity of others, evenno, especiallyin the face of disrespect for our own. My hope, my prayer, is that our new, or renewed, appreciation of the costs of hatred might commit us to fight it, in all its ugly forms, wherever we might find it. We may begin by searching our own hearts. We may continue by examining our nations...
...also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world. We respect your faith. It's practiced freely by many millions of Americans and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah. The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself...
...minutes), Phi-Phenomenon gave its audience 10 bands in one hour—five minute sets, one minute between sets. Perfect for today’s sound byte, short attention span, try-it-before-you-buy-it-world: You get to sample several artists live, without having to commit time or money to any that you should happen to dislike...
...family—it is only when we work to understand how a young child grows up to be a suicide bomber, what socioeconomic situation or political issue prompts a human being to want kill him or herself and others, and what kind of organization enables that person to commit such a violent and hateful act, that we can hope to put an end to terrorism. We cannot let the violent acts of others lead us to become a violent nation, or to support acts of violence in other countries...