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...about Morocco's finest gastronomy? If food is a part of culture, does this mean that there is no culture in the Arab countries? I often read TIME and feel as if we Arabs exist only in stories about violence, war and bombings. When it comes to art, food, sport, culture and all the other things that happen every day in the Arab world, we are nonexistent. Khalid Aabid, LONDON
...Slaughter as Sport The postcard from Mexico should have been titled "Postcard of Animal Cruelty" [June 25--July 2]. You asked if children tormenting and killing bulls can "save a dying sport." Bullfighting is dying a natural death as a so-called sport because people are making the choice not to support sickening animal torture. As a direct result of the outrage from citizens and tourists, Barcelona's city council passed a resolution opposing bullfighting. The picture of the young bullfighter and the young bull shows one being who has the choice of participating and another that has no choice...
...Animal blood sport is barbaric and cruel, no matter how much "culture" it is wrapped in. No country that condones such a sport can be taken seriously in the global community. Deborah Cottrell, D.V.M., NEWBERRY, FLORIDA...
...interest coming from Beckham replicas; the league expects that its stadiums will be filled when the Beckham circus comes to town; and MLS loyalists will claim vindication from the international interest in the U.S. league prompted by Beckham's presence. "David Beckham blows through the clutter in the sports-entertainment market because he transcends sport, he is a cultural icon," says Don Garber, MLS commissioner. "There really is only one David Beckham...
...Alfred Gusenbauer had sharp words about the level of financial firepower Russia had focused on their efforts. "Salzburg didn't stand a chance," he said. "It was an economic and political powerplay...which indicates the way they want to go from now on, and this is wrong for the sport and for the IOC and Olympic Movement...