Walls
We're so adept at building walls -- walls to separate 'us' from 'them' -- from the ancient walls of Jericho and the Great Wall of China, to walls of more recent times, built to separate 'us' from 'them', like the Berlin Wall, the India-Pakistan fence, Kuwait-Iraq fence, Korea's DMZ, US-Mexico fence, Zambia-Angola fence, and the fence separating the Turkish and Greek sides of Cyprus. Now Israel is building walls to keep out or in, depending on the way you look at it, the Palestinians and terrorists. Walls are short-term and ill conceived -- they never solve the problem, and eventually, the problem of the Palestinians will need to be solved. (Here's a comparison of the modern walls [PDF].)
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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