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...grip over society. Although the characters never mention the name of the Camorra, its shadow hangs over every facet of life in Naples. It provides work when unemployment is everywhere, attaches itself to legitimate businesses, and establishes its presence as the de facto source of power and authority through murder and intimidation. Although this movie is about Italian crime syndicates, this is no modern rendition with glorifying elements like “The Godfather” or even “Goodfellas.” Visually speaking, the movie is bleak and almost completely devoid of entertainment for entertainment?...

Author: By Alec E Jones, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gomorrah | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...audience’s consciousness. But the art that I’m writing here about is more than just performance, it is performative. I’m writing about the art that transformed Bogota, Colombia from a capital of corruption and crime into a city with crime and murder rates lower than neighboring South American metropolises. I’m writing about “Cultural Agency.”Cultural agency is the philosophy, most notably espoused by Harvard Professor Doris Sommer, that every person has the power to change the culture in which he lives...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revealing Art's Social Potential | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

While Dincin says members of his group are "compassionate, caring, loving angels of mercy," others believe they are murderers. "In this case, I would trust what law enforcement says, not the self-serving statement of someone who would like to avoid murder charges," says Stephen Drake of Not Dead Yet, an advocacy group based in Rochester, N.Y., that opposes assisted suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Final Exit: Compassion or Assisted Suicide? | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

Dincin of Final Exit couldn't agree more, but the issue for him isn't about getting away with murder. "We realize the risk we take when we're willing to walk that fine line between what a jurisdiction might call assisted suicide and what we might call compassionate presence," he says. "But whose life is it anyway? I know that my life is mine. It doesn't belong to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation or any religious entity or any person. It belongs to me, and I have the right in extreme circumstances to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Final Exit: Compassion or Assisted Suicide? | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...gruesome manner in which their bodies were deposited in mass graves or dumped in sewers to avoid detection. Of the 74 dead bodies that have been recovered, 33 cannot be identified. Together with arson and looting of officers' houses, there are also unconfirmed reports of rape and murder of officers' family members, with at least one wife, that of the BDR commanding officer, confirmed killed. While Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was widely hailed for her steady handling of the crisis, some critics are arguing that if she had sent in troops to storm the compound at once many of these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Mutiny, Questions About Bangladesh's Army | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

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