Miércoles, 17 de mayo de 2006 (Continuación)

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By Michael Gove, a Conservative MP for Surrey Heath (THE TIMES, 17/05/06):

There is something strangely affecting about prison memoirs. From Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol to Jimmy Boyle’s A Sense of Freedom, there is a pathos in the writing of those who have been denied their liberty yet retain the composure to make some sense of their ordeal.

With Wilde the pathos rests partly in the inherent injustice of incarcerating a man for the nature of his love, and partly in the sympathy he evokes for his fellow inmates. In Boyle’s memoir we are left in no doubt of his guilt, but we learn how trust and compassion can bring redemption.…  Seguir leyendo »

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By Magnus Linklater (THE TIMES, 17/05/06):

FOR HER COURAGE, her honesty and her unflinching support of the rights of Muslim women, Ayaan Hirsi Ali deserves to be considered a heroine. A target for extremists throughout the Islamic world, her life is in constant danger. When, after the making of her film, Submission, its Dutch director, Theo Van Gogh, was murdered, she too found herself under sentence of death. Yet she has never held back from expressing her outspoken view that, in terms of subordinating women, repressing art and limiting freedom of speech, Islam is a backward religion. Controversial or not, she has a right to be heard.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Por Enric Sopena, director de elplural.com (EL PERIÓDICO, 17/05/06):

Después de la tangana en la Asamblea de Madrid, con los diputados conservadores exhibiendo esposas, y en el Congreso de los Diputados, con la actitud de Vicente Martínez-Pujalte, el entorno de Mariano Rajoy repite off the record que el presidente del PP desconocía previamente semejante eclosión de política que cabe calificar de jabalí. ¿Quién manda en el PP? No parece que Rajoy, a juzgar por este último episodio, al que habría que añadir otros que lo han ido convirtiendo en un líder errático y con poco crédito. En cuanto al papel de Rajoy respecto del mencionado alboroto, no tiene ninguna salida airosa.…  Seguir leyendo »