Wednesday, February 13, 2008
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Jonathan Spyer and Nir Boms: The Culture of Tyranny - '...UNESCO last week designated Damascus as the Arab Capital of Culture for 2008. In a speech celebrating this decision, Syrian President Bashar Assad chose to highlight a very specific element of his capital city's culture -- namely, Damascus's self-appointed role as the center of Arab 'resistance.' "Damascus is the capital of resistance culture by symbolizing Arab culture" he declared, and went on to define 'resistance culture' as "the culture of freedom and defending freedom."...'