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...When Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in 1986 to resume her father's mantle, the nation responded with joy, and a landslide democratic victory. The daughter was accorded her father's adoration, but she also inherited his flaws. Her two truncated terms in office were plagued by incompetence and allegations of corruption. Twice she was ousted, and in 1999 she chose exile over remaining in Pakistan under the rule of yet another military dictator, Pervez Musharraf. Her return eight years later was supposed to herald a new beginning for the traumatized nation...
...return of the six to France won't produce general relief, much less joy. Families and supporters of the Zoé's Ark convicts are still railing at what they call a Chadian show-trial, and accuse Paris of failing to provide sufficient assistance and protection to what they say are blameless humanitarian officials. They contend the staffers were trapped in the shifting political sands surrounding the Darfur crisis - particularly the deployment of French-led peacekeeping forces to the Chad-Sudan border region, a move that Chadian authorities resent. Public opinion in Chad, on the other hand, has broadly accused...
...lesson to be taken from this doesn't have much practical application, unless the dying start demanding a double room with a billionaire when they check in for their inoperable cancer surgery. But this movie exists wholly in the realm of metaphor, whose messages stick out like placards: Find joy through pain. Reunite with estranged loved ones. Keep hope alive...
...first glance, one can easily understand how non-Christians and atheists derive so much joy from Christmas shorn of its religious context. Receiving gifts—and, for a few, giving them as well—is a good enough reason for many to endure the countless hours in shopping malls, the tacky faux-fir trees and garlands strewn everywhere, and the unbearable “pop” holiday music that tyrannizes the radio waves. But, at some point, one must question why some make such a fuss about a holiday that has no meaning...
...Christmastime provides ample proof that mankind is not as rational, as open-minded, as free-thinking as many secular people think it and hope it could be. Secular celebrants of Christmas either ignorantly perpetuate meaningless traditions, or, even worse, find comfort and joy in observing them...