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...Richard Lee Hunter Spiro, Oklahoma, U.S. World's Movers and Shakers I was truly saddened and disappointed that you omitted any mention of Aung San Suu Kyi in your selection of the 100 Most Influential People. I participated in the People Power Revolution of 1986 against Ferdinand Marcos and I know how important it is that we commemorate and emulate individuals who have proved their love for democracy through self-sacrifice and unwavering principles. By overlooking Suu Kyi your magazine has shown just how quickly the world can forget people who are really inspirational and influential. Maria Therese Lee Mandaluyong...
...song constituted illegal sampling. Even the RIAA was opposed to this ruling, and these guys eat aborted fetuses for breakfast.Looking at it from this perspective, almost every creative work could be found “derivative” by clever lawyers. Didn’t I hear that Franz Ferdinand chord progression somewhere before? I certainly did, and not just because I’m a disillusioned Gang of Four fan. By definition, culture is collaborative. Some of the richest masterpieces of the Western literary canon are thoroughly infused with Biblical and mythological language. If Homer had better legal representation...
...shared with our own, but made up of ghosts, monsters and witches who do things like rent cruise ships so they can be with their own kind and get caught up in lots of emotional drama. (Could it be a subtle parody of gay culture?) The story centers around Ferdinand's various rebound relationships after his girlfriend dumps him. In a sub-plot his friend Tree-man (who looks like a tree but acts like a lovesick French student) has an unreciprocated yearning for Ferdinand's ex. "If I hug you too long then I'll want to kiss...
...Acrimony Your report on the Philippines' 1986 People Power movement, which jettisoned the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship, depicted the miscarriage of the nation's effort to achieve a vibrant democracy [Feb. 27]. The Philippines has the potential to reclaim its status as one of Asia's wealthiest countries. But its inexhaustible supply of acrimony, cynicism and outright selfishness?especially as manifested by the political class?has thwarted its aspirations. Filipinos should rally around constructive reforms aimed at long-term development. Only when the government and its people embrace disciplined measures can the nation achieve lasting peace and prosperity?a new People...
...Legacy of an Uprising It is unfortunate and ironic that just as TIME's Anthony Spaeth offered an appraisal, in "Glory Days" [Feb. 27], of the 1986 People Power revolution that toppled the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the world witnessed truncheon-wielding police trying to break up rallies for the overthrow of the Arroyo government. Your story quoted an official report on our national flaws, describing Filipinos as "passive, unreflective, undisciplined and prone to loyalty toward personalities rather than institutions or ideals." Seen in another light, we might be regarded as resilient, spontaneous, flexible and sentimental. TIME credited People Power...