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...about heroism, but self-respect. "Heroism never changed anything," he says. "People in Jenin resisted, and it enabled them to overcome the celebration of victimhood that's common on both sides." Egteyah isn't the first documentary about Jenin - in the Middle East, a battle so mythic was bound to produce its own sub-genre. But it's the first to examine both sides of the fight without propaganda. Hassan found something else in the camp: "Victims feel hate because they are passive," he says. "But by resisting, the people of Jenin camp acted. They weren't passive...
Second, imperialism pollutes the imperial nation. I grew up in Liverpool when it was one of the British Empire's great ports. Its docks were full of ships laden with palm oil and sugarcane, with liners bound for Cape Town and Colombo. You might think, to read some of imperialism's apologists, that such a familiarity with exotic climes would have bred a reverence for foreign cultures, as if every child of empire wanted to do something noble, like translate the Bhagavad Gita or teach for a year in Sierra Leone. Sadly, not so. In Britain, the imperialist adventure produced...
...enough to induce a bad case of cabin fever for Asia's office-bound workers?and there's no relief to be had through leisure travel. The suddenly germ-phobic nation of Thailand, which made headlines early in the outbreak by requiring visitors to wear masks under pain of a fine or imprisonment, now hands out "health passports" to travelers from SARS-hit regions. The government says tourists will be required to undergo medical checks every three days for the first 10 days of their stay in the country, recording the results in these passports. While it's far from...
...Beng Mealea is nearly as big?and impressive?as Angkor Wat, but without the incessant babble of tourists. A sore butt and some car-bound boredom seem a small price for this...
...irresponsible underage drinking is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, Gross’ expectations of a culture change are too idealistic. Better alcohol education and more social opportunities and spaces are good in their own right, but will not prevent students from using alcohol. Drinking is inextricably bound up with college culture. None of the proposed alternatives will change that...