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Suicide bombers escape the harsh reality of dealing with life in this world: hunger, death of loved ones, frustration and tears. They don't see the carnage they cause or the grieving relatives of the victims. Instead, the bombers get a free ticket out of the world, leaving anguish behind them. How nice for them. But they are cowards. The heroes are those who stay and help others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 14, 2005 | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

Many of those who survived the quake have been made homeless. More than 3 million poor will brave a harsh winter, trying to survive. Those people need assistance. Pakistan's resources are grossly overtaxed. Help from the world's wealthy communities in this hour of need would have an everlasting impact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 14, 2005 | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

...harsh visual description of inequality, Abu-Assad forces the viewer to consider the conditions that push people in the direction of violence. The film doesn’t legitimize violence, nor does it take an overtly political stance in terms of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is aware of the issues but never didactic. Rather, the goal is to challenge our natural impulse to dehumanize suicide bombers as one-dimensionally evil...

Author: By Rowena H Potts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Paradise Now | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...failure to write a true reform package.” A bill written by legislators, on the other hand, isn’t under pressure to pass on a single shot. It can be refined and amended with input and become a more effective piece of legislation.Despite its harsh criticisms, The Times still endorsed Proposition 74, saying that—despite its poor form—it would do more good than harm. This opinion is the result of a sort of catch-22. Even when the ballot initiatives are flawed, sometimes there is simply nowhere else for Californians...

Author: By Adam M. Guren, | Title: A Novel Proposition | 11/2/2005 | See Source »

...Pakistan’s location and political status. “Because the earthquake [was] in a remote and controversial place there hasn’t been as much awareness of the death tolls and the desperate situation of the people who are now facing a harsh winter,” she said. But Siddiqui said that he was encouraged by the success of the banquet. “The event shows Harvard students do care,” he said. Several other campus groups including the South Asian Association (SAA) have contributed to the relief effort in other ways...

Author: By Doris A. Hernandez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quake Banquet Draws Crowd | 10/31/2005 | See Source »

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