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This is a picture of three celebrities reenforcing their slowly fading career by making a name for themselves by speaking against the elected President of a Democracy. Niether the magazine, nor the subjects of this cover have suffered from any retaliatory acts by the goverment.

This is a picture of a man who by his selfless act against tyranny has put the lives of himself and his entire family at risk in hope of stopping a line of tanks controlled by a tryanical government in the process of killing protestors against the government of China.

This picture is an example of 'speaking truth to power'. The other picture is an example of career enhancement. The first picture is of self promotion made in a culture of narcissism within a democracy. The second is of selfless bravery in a culture of repressive tryanny.

The day I see Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn or the Dixie Chicks stand in front of a line of tanks in Havana, or Peking, or Pyongyang is the day I will start referring to them as "brave". Until then, they are merely "pretenders".

My previous post on the impact of the actions of 1989 can be found here.

Posted @ June 04, 2006 12:43 PM | Current Affairs

Posted by: Dennis at June 4, 2006 09:30 PM