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Meanwhile, a prominent Egyptian columnist recently wrote, “Thanks [be] to Hitler, of blessed memory, who on behalf of the Palestinians revenged in advance against the most vile criminals on the face of the earth. Although we do have a complaint against him, for his revenge on them was not enough.” And who can forget the headline in Saudi Arabia’s leading state-run newspaper when Israeli agents captured Gestapo henchmen Adolf Eichmann in 1960 (before the 1967 war and the Israeli “occupation” of the West Bank...
...drive to reach the millions hidden in the panic room is motivated by his need to finance his fight for the custody and protection of his children) are vilified. Both are driven to extremes by fundamental parental intuitions, yet one is considered courageous and bold, and the other, vile and unlawful. It is a provoking topic that is given only cursory attention; the same superficial treatment is applied to the rest of the movie...
...love when he wrote Titus Andronicus. That seems pretty obvious. He was probably in debt, though, and, at an aspiring 26, needed to attract attention and upstage his contemporaries to find some financial security. That is to say, he needed a slasher matinee, to appease the vile hoard...
...photos of the Taliban soldier being murdered were the saddest things I have seen in a long time. War is truly senseless and vile. I'm not a pacifist, but I am opposed to those who would proclaim that there is something glorious or heroic about going into battle. If war was necessary in Afghanistan, so be it; but I urge everyone who says it was to look closely at the man who is being brutalized in these photos and remember that when violence is institutionalized, this kind of madness will erupt sooner or later. I don't usually consider...
...smug, safe campaign that turned ugly. Anonymous, racially charged attacks on his primary opponent led to a bitter rift within the city's Democratic establishment, as black and Latino leaders sat on their hands to punish Green--who denied responsibility. The day before the general election, he unleashed a vile ad accusing Bloomberg of pressuring a woman to get an abortion. "Kill it! Kill it" the ad alleged Bloomberg had said. It helped kill Green...