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...Ecuador? Be like Lorena Gallo. President Abdala Bucaram told the Ecuadorean-born Gallo, known in the U.S. by her married name, Lorena Bobbitt, that meeting her was "an extremely high honor." He added, "You look prettier than you do on television." He also gave her his CD, A Madman in Love...
...take a look at that editorial page again. David W. Brown refers to Christopher Columbus as a "genocidal madman" (Dartboard, Oct. 12). Columbus massacred Arawaks because of his societal and personal beliefs, not because of mental illness. The term "mad" (not a medical term, but a common expression for "mentally ill") is arbitrarily applied to a variety of criminals, from terrorists to tyrants. This stigmatizes mental illness and inhibits our understanding of the individual's motivation. Many people would rather not believe that sane people can and do commit heinous acts. The majority of the mentally ill, as with most...
...dozen or so main acts. As the featured artists parade the genius of their bodies in stunts of strength and grace, Cirque's menagerie (Edvard Munch's silent screamer, Clive Barker's Pinhead and dozens of other glamorous mutants) capers around them like bit players in an amiable madman's reverie. Ballerina-contortionists flex gaily; Pierrots bodysurf across the stage on skateboards; the man with the newspaper floats in midair. Dragone exhausts the laws of geometry, while the performers bend the laws of physics...
Every time we observe Columbus Day, we pay homage to this genocidal madman. Fortunately, his bloody, forgotten legacy has begun to surface lately. In 1992, protests drastically muted the celebrations of the 500 year anniversary of his arrival in the Caribbean. Such protests are often jeered as "political correctness." But the historical record flatly contradicts this knee-jerk response. Certainly Columbus is not a hero because of his genocidal policies. And when you understand the extent of his barbarism, it is hard to view him as a hero in spite of his crimes. Such a flippant trivialization of mass murder...
...backwoods Montana and Harvard could come to be somewhat related is still a mystery with me. But, on some of their recent fliers, the UNITE! Harvard conference, a forum on building a unified progressive and radical activist group, has sported the classic witness identification picture of the supposed madman with the hooded sweatshirt and the cool aviator glasses. Why is the country's most famous loner glorified by an organization whose purpose is to unite disparate groups--including BSA, RUS, BGLSA, AAA and La Raza--for social action...