tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post4725681640672438506..comments2023-10-17T10:29:57.984-04:00Comments on The Screaming Pope: The New ColonialismFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-77219570696137481852013-03-26T12:35:36.233-04:002013-03-26T12:35:36.233-04:00Beautiful irony!
If western culture is a disease,...Beautiful irony!<br /><br />If western culture is a disease, what's the cure? <br /><br />The killing fields and torture chambers are symbols of horrific past events, sure, but symbols are empty if we don't bother to focus on their meaning. Symbols should remind us of a lesson, but if all they do is serve as a backdrop to Uncle Fred and Aunt Martha smiling and waving at the camera, we might as well replace them with yet another Disney theme park. <br /><br />And yet I believe...that some tiny inkling of meaning attaches to even the most obtuse tourist; that to travel always forces a change of context; that no-one can travel to a foreign country without broadening their worldview.jylle benson-gaussnoreply@blogger.com