Word: shame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weeks. To begin to understand the Israeli position, all we have to do is imagine what it must be like for an 18-year-old soldier to be surrounded by scores of Palestinians, throwing rocks meant to kill. It is very hard for me to understand why Moses feels "shame and guilt," rather than sadness about the situation in the West Bank and Gaza. I too feel "nauseous" when watching the news on television, not because of Israel's "immorality," however, but because of the injustice done to the Israeli perspective...
...comedians joke the essence of being a Jewish male is to feel shame and guilt, then lately I have been an excellent son of Israel. I can't read the newspaper or watch television news broadcasts because reports of fighting in the West Bank and Gaza strip make me nauseous...
...Ellard, whose handicap could have been the butt of cruel jokes, is a sympathetic figure, especially as Schwartz portrays him. Fischer, who could have made Catherine a one-dimensional spoiled bitch, humanizes her with realistic sobbing over her guilt and shame. Gunn's Betty is so sweet that her loud voice is forgiveable...
...terrifying, destructive force in my life. It is just another chemical, fine for you, perhaps, but deadly for me. I avoid it, but without a sense of panic or fear. Friends say I am a completely different person now. Only, sometimes, I remember the feelings of hopelessness and shame from those terrible years, and I still have to struggle to hold back the tears...
COVER: After years of shame, alcoholics are facing their complex illness openly...