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It’s different, to say the least. Instead of coddling imaginary injuries, I’m trying to prevent myself from getting carpal tunnel syndrome. Instead of the insult-laden, crowded camp bus, I now ride to work on the insult-laden, crowded number 4 train. And instead of arriving at Harvard well-tanned with sun-kissed hair, the office lighting has colored my complexion in the opposite direction—uber-pale. But the office has taught me how to be more disciplined and mature. And I have to admit it feels good to talk to adults...
...breaks and subsidies to oil and gas companies that will not erase falling production but instead enrich oilmen and investors. At the same time, the President's proposed budget slashes spending on wind research by 5.5%, zero-energy buildings by 50% and biomass by 19%. To add to the insult, the Administration took the money to print its 170-page 2001 National Energy Policy out of the budget for renewable fuels...
...blunder two weeks ago by saying the protesters had been "misled" into taking to the streets. As political rhetoric goes, that hardly seemed inflammatory. But to an individualistic population that is not easily led?and whose core beef was misleadership on the part of Tung?it was a major insult. Tsang quickly apologized. The dab is now split between stubborn stalwarts and more-flexible members who fear losing Legco elections scheduled for next year. That faction openly admits that Tung blew the Article 23 debate...
Where has the fine art of the insult gone? there was a time in Europe when the cutting gibe was a respected weapon in political discourse. Lady Astor, Winston Churchill's nemesis, once said to him: "If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee." Churchill didn't demand an apology or file a human-rights complaint. He just shot back: "And if I were your husband I would drink it." But these days we get the insult without the art, and so we respond with self-righteous outrage. Last week, when a German Member...
Later in the film, Peck embodies a kind of pacifist resistance. The white woman's racist father sees Peck with some blacks and spits in his face. Peck, with ferocious dignity, takes out a handkerchief, wipes off the insult and walks away--the victor by not fighting back. Good man to lead; tough act to follow...