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...Such prejudice is commonplace. Many Africans see homosexuality as simply un-African, a custom introduced by European settlers and practiced by tourists. When two gay male tourists were suspected of arranging a wedding last year in Lamu, a coastal town in Kenya, a mob of 2,000 hounded them, forcing them to hide in a hall of a museum where the ceremony was to take place. "In African culture the act is forbidden," says Philip Mwangi, a security guard at a Nairobi supermarket. "People get angry when they hear about it. Why should a man marry another man when...
...blow some people to hell. Or maybe you missed "Snake Eyes," "A Few Good Men," "Courage Under Fire" and all the rest of them. No great loss. Even so, you've probably seen the movies about the Catholic Church, like "Godfather III" (the Vatican is in cahoots with the Mob) or "Primal Fear" (bishops are corrupt pedophiles). Or better yet, you've seen the films about the importance of free speech, like "The People vs. Larry Flynt" or this year's "Quills," in which we are taught the important lesson that pornography isn't evil, even when it talks about...
...body was covered in nail scratches and bruises. Her thumb was broken. Shekhar ran to fetch his mother, and they rushed Babita to a hospital, where a doctor diagnosed a severe concussion. Then, gathering a furious crowd of neighbors, the family went to the police. Faced with an angry mob, Batra and her brother were arrested after eyewitnesses confirmed that the child was abused and overworked, forced to do the cleaning for the household and kindergarten. If the little girl complained, she got a thrashing...
Perhaps this represents confusion between democratic passions and the rule of law. More likely, though, People Power has become its own institution, and one that seems monopolized by a certain clique. I spent many days in crowds like the ones on EDSA last week. They were the nicest mobs I have ever been in - they gave mobs a good name. People Power has become an acceptable term for a troubling phenomenon: one that used to be known as mob rule...
...numerous European press reports, preparing a defense that accuses Ermakova of impregnating herself with his sperm following an oral- sex rendezvous in the broom closet of a London restaurant. German and British reports also had Becker's attorneys trying to draw a link between Ermakova and the Russian mob, which may have used his philandering in an extortion attempt. Becker, who was divorced from wife Barbara Feltus earlier in the week, says simply that the mob stuff is "speculation" and "is not true." "There is a baby named Anna, and a DNA test will determine who is the mother...