Word: humaneness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Although his songwriting confronts the deepest of human emotions, Penn sounds detached throughout the album. He sings as an observer, not an active participant. When demanding the "Whole Truth" in the song of the same name, he sounds oddly impersonal rather than frustrated or angry as the lyrics might suggest. While Penn is extremely talented at writing incisive songs and crafting catchy melodies, his vocal detachment keeps this very good album from being great...
...before I explain that, let me give you a little background. I'm probably behind the times on this issue, but I believe that the theater can be a moral force in human life. Perhaps sympathetic is a better word. The late Victorian technique of bringing the house lights down at the start of a production did something that had never been achieved in human history before: it gave human beings the opportunity to observe others with the absolute certainty that they themselves would not be observed in turn--if not by the actors themselves, then at least...
...people's parents and relatives and they say, 'I'm not that old. Don't call me that.' But people will be offended if you refer to them as sir or ma'am and in the South if you don't use it you're the most uncultured human being who ever walked the earth...
Professor Elaine Scarry points to a print hanging on the wall of her office, an anatomical diagram of a human leg, surrounded by notes in Leonardo Da Vinci's backwards handwriting. Intently, she traces the writing as it merges with the drawing...
...over the past two weeks. According to the Associated Press, within the eight days prior to the strike, five Israeli soldiers were killed and 12 more wounded in Hizbullah attacks. These terrorists attacks, according to CNN reports, were launched from within Lebanese villages, using the Lebanese civilians as a human shield. In order to avoid Lebanese civilian casualties, Israel chose not to attack those targets...