Der Ball ist Rund

Here comes my Berlinale round-up: Dave Chappelle's "Block Party" was great, and it was especially nice to run into Sattva (still Berlin's best blogger). 

Otherwise, I've been thinking long and hard about how best to respond to the cartoon riots, which don't seem to be going away with any urgency, but this image says more than enough:

I mean, I can fully understand George Bush as a "Hell Dog," but Kofi Annan?

That's cold.

Note that "Hell Dogs" have distinct ears, and only some are spotted. George Bush is kind of a remixed Hitler Hell Dog in this depiction.

But seriously, and I'm not sure that anyone is really saying this these days, isn't the larger problem the problem of religion/aka dogma itself?

Whether it's the Sunni's taking on the Shiites, or the Serbs/Croats or the "West" the "East," the fundamental "problem," from my perspective, seems to have more to do with the nature of religion (or nationalism as religion) than anything else.  Maybe we could trade Ann Coulter for Ahmadinejad and call it even?

Pro: Being able to sit on a porch 3/4 of the year

Con: Frat boys

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