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...What lies behind the appalling savagery of the Dayaks? It's a question that Kma Usop, a Dayak cultural leader and a professor at Palangkaraya University, strains to answer, his words pouring out in an emotional stream as he lights an unending series of Pall Mall cigarettes. "The Dayaks are in a panic, they are feeling marginalized. They have been provoked for many years. The Madurese are violent. They fight in the markets and in the farms. We don't have similar problems with the Buginese or Chinese or Javanese...
...turn a phrase) as quantity that's so impressive. He's got enough blarney in him to spread across three characters for two hours and still seem like he's got a good lot left over. And the Sugan's actors know just what to do with McPherson's stream of words. Aidan Parkinson as Ray is deliciously self-absorbed--he's also more than happy to share his narcissism with any who will listen. And if you're not listening at first, he'll make sure you are before long. Ciaran Crawford as Frank may be the best actor...
...Some argue that the stream of violence is abetted by lax or nonexistent gun laws. Others argue the current laws are just fine, thanks, it's just that someone needs to enforce them. Still others insist that while laws are a critical tool for cutting down on juvenile gun violence, we need to place more emphasis on identifying and helping the kids who eventually turn guns on their classmates and, sometimes, themselves. Then, of course, there are cries for parental responsibility...
Walking more quickly in an effort to distract myself produced an almost dizzying effect. On each row, a title or two would snap into relief, barely able to be resolved by the dutiful memory before the next row was at hand. At irregular intervals, the heady stream of words would part to reveal curious eyes turned suddenly upward from the desk, beyond their appointed carrel, deep in thought...
...understand the fury of the intifadeh until you spend a few hours on the Palestinian side of the lines. Mornings tend to be calm. But as schools let out or after the tumultuous funeral cortege of yesterday's dead protester, the gangs of young men and little boys stream toward the front, psyched for a new attack on "the Jews." Filled with anger and bravado, they fight their war into the night, choking from tear gas and burning tires, some felled by the bullets of the enemy...