The Teddy Bear that Embarrassed Sudan

Pajamas Media by Drima | Dec. 8, 2007 (Opinion)

It amazes me how some of us can get so upset over a teddy bear whose name was democratically chosen by a bunch of seven-year-olds but feel no anger at the mass atrocities which took place in Darfur over the last four years. Honoring the countless Darfurian lives lost apparently isn't important. Full Story »

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Topics: Sudan, Islam
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Dec 8, 2007 - 9:18 AM PST
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 by Ted Perlmutter - Dec. 8, 2007

It does give a different voice, and a sense of moral outrage, regarding what does from the outside look like a stupendous overreaction.

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