The little boats cannot make much difference to the welfare of Gaza either way, since the materials being shipped are in such negligible quantity. The chief significance of the enterprise is therefore symbolic. And the symbolism, when examined even cursorily, doesn't seem too adorable. The intended beneficiary of the stunt is a ruling group with close ties to two of the most retrograde dictatorships in the Middle East, each of which has recently been up to its elbows in the blood of its own civilians. The same group also manages to maintain warm relations with, or at the very least to make cordial remarks about, both Hezbollah and al-Qaida. Meanwhile, a document that was once accurately described as a 'warrant for genocide' forms part of the declared political platform of the aforesaid group. There is something about this that fails to pass a smell test.
Christopher HitchensTags: politics activism antisemitism dictatorship symbolism genocide human-rights israel palestine hezbollah middle-east israeli-palestinian-conflict hamas gaza gaza-war al-qaeda freedom-flotilla-ii protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion
Antisemitism is unique among religious hatreds. It is a racist conspiracy theory fashioned for the needs of messianic and brutal rulers, as dictators from the Tsars to the Islamists via the Nazis have shown. Many other alleged religious 'hatreds' are not hatreds in the true sense. If I criticise Islamic, Orthodox Jewish or Catholic attitudes towards women, for instance, and I'm accused of being a bigot, I shrug and say it is not bigoted to oppose bigotry.
Nick CohenTags: women religion feminism antisemitism dictatorship islam catholicism racism bigotry sexism nazism islamism orthodox-judaism conspiracy-theories hatreds tsardom-of-russia
This country," said Eliot, "had tremendous research projects devoted to fighting odors. They were supported by individual contributions given to mothers who marched on Sundays from door to door. The ideal of the research was to find a specific chemical deodorant for every odor. But then the hero, who was also the country's dictator, made a wonderful scientific breakthrough, even though he wasn't a scientist, and they didn't need the projects any more. He went right to the root of the problem."
"Uh huh," said the Senator. He couldn't stand stories by Kilgore Trout, was embarassed by his son. "He found one chemical that would eliminate all odors?"
"No. As I say, the hero was dictator, and he simply eliminated noses.
Tags: humor dictatorship
Dictatorship, by whatever name, is founded on the doctrine that the individual amounts to nothing; that the State is the only one that counts; and that men and women and children were put on earth solely for the purpose of serving the state.
Harry TrumanTags: dictatorship government individual-worth
The dictatorship is like an aria that never becomes an opera.
Emilia Pardo BazánTags: dictatorship political opera
الحكاية
أسلوب معروف
قرّب..جرّب
أسلوب ماركة
ضحكة عقرب
أسلوب معروف
لا تشرّق مني ولا تغرّب
بالوصفة دي تعرف تحكمهم
وتلملمهم من أي طروف
إعمل قديس
واحفظ أحوالهم واتشرب
وباركهم ..بس املاهم خوف!!
حاور..داور..ناور..
املاهاحلقات ومحاور
حط الأعصاب في التلاجة
بالراحة لحد ما تهلكمهم..
واعمل انك عامل معروف.!!
هدد بالضرب بلاش تضرب
أسلوب ماركة
ضحكة عقرب
يتعبوا..ويكلوا..ويملوا
يتسرسبوا واحد.. والتاني
ماشي في ضله
وانت افضل شوف
افضل لنهاية الشوط كله
واللي يشكلك شكله
مرة بحزم..ومرة بتحسيس
أسلوب معروف
البشر الخاطي..
والقديس!!
Tags: freedom dictatorship
In the face of a nation that shamelessly assaults the very marrow of our bones, memory is but a pale gray field.
Xiaobo LiuTags: dictatorship
By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority.
Gene SharpTags: dictatorship
The lesson we are indebted to Egypt for, our future generations learned that in the face of oppression silence is never golden.
Aysha TaryamTags: politics philosophy democracy revolution dictatorship dictators egypt arabspring
Wenn wir uns der Verfolgung des freien Geistes während der Diktatur besinnen, werden wir die Freiheit jedes Gedankens und jeder Kritik schützen, so sehr sie sich auch gegen uns selbst richten mag."
[Ansprache am 8. Mai 1985 in der Gedenkstunde im Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestages]
Tags: politics freedom democracy criticism persecution dictatorship
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