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skywalker · 04-15-2003, 08:06 PM

I found this column very interesting, I hope some of you do as well. It was in Newsweek April 21,2003 on the last page.

The Last Word Anna Quindlen

The Sounds of Silence
A lesson in American history: each time the United States becomes imperial, it betrays the very keystone upon which its greatness rests

April 21 issue — Last month a United Way chapter in Florida disinvited the actress Susan Sarandon from a fund-raising luncheon at which she’d agreed to speak. This was scarcely surprising. Many charities are happy to use celebrities to attract donors to their events, but they like them to be as decorative and inoffensive as the flower centerpieces. And with war looming, the Oscar-winning actress, who has been outspokenly liberal on a variety of social issues and consistently critical of the invasion of Iraq, must have suddenly seemed akin to a cactus.

The rest is here

Mark

[EDIT] For typos....what else!

[ 04-15-2003, 08:07 PM: Message edited by: skywalker ]

04-15-2003, 08:06 PM	#1
skywalker Banned User Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: VT, USA Age: 64 Posts: 3,097	I found this column very interesting, I hope some of you do as well. It was in Newsweek April 21,2003 on the last page. The Last Word Anna Quindlen The Sounds of Silence A lesson in American history: each time the United States becomes imperial, it betrays the very keystone upon which its greatness rests April 21 issue — Last month a United Way chapter in Florida disinvited the actress Susan Sarandon from a fund-raising luncheon at which she’d agreed to speak. This was scarcely surprising. Many charities are happy to use celebrities to attract donors to their events, but they like them to be as decorative and inoffensive as the flower centerpieces. And with war looming, the Oscar-winning actress, who has been outspokenly liberal on a variety of social issues and consistently critical of the invasion of Iraq, must have suddenly seemed akin to a cactus. The rest is here Mark [EDIT] For typos....what else! [ 04-15-2003, 08:07 PM: Message edited by: skywalker ]