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...almost routine. A year ago, members of the same Zaragoza crowd pelted Eto'o with peanuts, and in January Zaragoza were fined after a group of supporters hurled racist taunts at Real Betis' Brazilian forward Robert. In 2004 Spanish national team coach Luis Aragonés created a stir when he allegedly made racist remarks about Thierry Henry, the black French striker who plays for London club Arsenal. Shortly after, a "friendly match" between Spain and England was marred by the all-too-familiar simian noises. Perhaps most troubling, the xenophobic chants and racist slogans are no longer confined...
With all these challenges, it’s no surprise that Mogwai’s work over the past ten years has been somewhat uneven. When they’re weak, the music is tedious, derivative, and overwrought. But when Mogwai are on, their songs stir us in a way that few other things—musically or otherwise—can. Their strength lies in an ability to take a simple riff and slowly weave an epic arrangement around it, until every color of every note has been revealed. A single chord can be heartbreaking...
...Good Night, and Good Luck.), they were national and global. And partisan. George W. Bush?s name was not mentioned all night, but Stewart got his first hearty laugh of the night when he solemnly informed the audience that Bjork, whose bizarre bird-draped couture had stoked a stir five years ago, ?couldn?t be here tonight. She was trying on her Oscar dress and Dick Cheney shot...
...Could those human sacrifices cause as much of a stir among the politically correct as what some saw as anti-semitism in Gibson's depiction of the crucifixion of Christ?? "After what I experienced with The Passion," he says, "I frankly don?t give a flying f--- about much of what they think."? Yet Apocalypto promises some surprises. The film, which Gibson co-wrote with first-time screenwriter Farhad Safinia, is an allegory about the collapse of civilizations--with warnings about environmental abuse and political fear-mongering, not the sort of thing to comfort conservatives. And the obvious care that...
...significant misinformation and sadly perpetuates many of the myths about abortion in an effort to promote a particular moral agenda. Firstly, the term “partial birth abortion” is not a term used by the medical community; it is one used by anti-abortion activists to stir up emotion. Similarly, she defines a 20-week-old fetus as a “child” based on its childlike physical features. Again, the medical community disagrees, as do those who hold different philosophical and religious beliefs about the definitions of infanthood...