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...bellowed boorishly at some gatherings reflects the oversimplified concept of country that is carried by the chanters. Further, this pseudo patriotism is being employed as an exclusionary device. Doesn't love of country mean that one does everything possible to build it into a happy, harmonious, inclusive place to live - a place where exclusion via overt, aggressive displays of identity are not welcome? Marilyn Hunt, Kent Town, Australia...
...accessories and faces, look around: national pride abounds in cities and towns throughout the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere in the West. The minorities who do not want to assimilate into our traditional way of life feel ostracized by a society that says, "If you don't want to live like Australians, why did you come here?" That kids care enough about their national way of life is inspiring. However, it raises a question and a challenge to the notion of a multicultural nation: Whose culture is it? Globally we have not seen any sustainable examples of multicultural success...
...week, Brendan Barber, general secretary to the Trades Union Congress, emphasized the potential for job losses: "Any chance to avoid unnecessary job losses must be seized - and for the film, music and TV industries, there has never been a more urgent time. The Government must make Internet Service Providers live up to their responsibility to stem the flow of jobs caused by piracy...
...know"), and the hijacked passengers aren't so scared that they can't give a lot of lip back to their captors. The transit hierarchy is clogged with wise guys. "What the hell do they expect for their lousy 35 cents?" one executive says of the subway hostages. "To live forever?" Another MTA veteran boldly and unwisely struts down the tracks toward the kidnapped train. "Why don't you go grab a goddam aeroplane like everybody else?" he shouts to one of the gunmen. "'Cause we're afraid of flyin'," the bad guy replies, and - BLAM - kills him. The subway...
...explosion happened, bits of glass came flying from everywhere." Khan's head is thickly wrapped in bandages, as are two fingers on his left hand. He lifts his shirt to reveal scars on his back. But the hotel staff cooking for the rooftop diners and entertaining them with live music must have suffered a great deal more, Khan says. "That portion of the roof," he recalls, "fell completely." (Read "Why the Car Bomb Is a Terrorist's Best Weapon...