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...examined physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. He must be studied like a deadly virus that has been isolated in an attempt to prevent its spread. What caused this man to become the personification of cruelty? We owe humanity this study. Killing Saddam would not only rob us of a specimen but also reduce our behavior to that of the wrongdoer. Evil would triumph. It is not easy to deny ourselves the rush of pleasure, the momentary feeling of having won (which an act of revenge provides), but it's time for the good guys to show the bad guys...
...examined physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. He must be studied like a deadly virus that has been isolated in an attempt to prevent its spread. What caused this man to become the personification of cruelty? We owe humanity this study. Killing Saddam would not only rob us of a specimen but also reduce our behavior to that of the wrongdoer. Evil would triumph. It is not easy to deny ourselves the rush of pleasure, the feeling of having won (which an act of revenge provides), but it's time for the good guys to show the bad guys...
John Lever runs a farm in Queensland with 3,000 crocodiles and has bagged more than 90 in the rough, including one that was five meters long. How hard could it be to trap a 1.2-meter specimen discovered in a fetid creek in an industrial area of Hong Kong's New Territories? Lever tried last week but quickly found he wasn't in Queensland anymore...
Given these remarks, I’ve no doubt that Finn is a resplendent physical specimen, and that he’s up-to-date on all of the latest trends in athletic apparel and sportswear. But this scarcely seems like a license to direct such sneering comments toward the entire Harvard community. I hope he has the good sense to offer an apology...
...interested in symbolizing. Arbus knew how photographers cajole their subjects and occasionally deceive them. But even "concerned" photographers typically make us feel sorry for their suffering subjects, although our pity may be the last thing the subjects ever wanted. No one will ever feel sorry for the sovereign specimen who looms toward us in Mexican dwarf in his hotel room in N.Y.C., Arbus' 1970 portrait of a very short man who is stripped to the waist and sitting on a bed but still managing an erotic swagger...