Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41 It's a slow day for readings in Seattle, with two open mics going on tonight and only one reading. Cindy and Craig Corrie are reading at Town Hall Seattle tonight from Let Me Stand Alone, which is the collected letters and journals of their daughter, Rachel Corrie. There's been a lot of writing about Rachel Corrie in The Stranger, particularly Eli's beautiful piece on her from exactly five years ago this week. A couple weeks before that, Dan wrote a similarly thoughtful story about the "Saint Rachel" phenomenon. And Brendan reviewed My Name is Rachel Corrie, the play based... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:04:14 -0800 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:46:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Rachel Corrie: American hero, or fucking idiot?

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991424 Books Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:14:58 -0800 Comment by Giffy Amy Biehl. Rachel Corrie. Nothing gets attention like the death of a white woman.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991426 Books Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:15:46 -0800 Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber Mr Poe@1: I'll take door #2. Showboating in the middle of a decades-long war zone is like crossing I-5 at rush hour in the dark, in a rainstorm. It's just fucking stupid, and is a form of hollow bullshit martyrdom. Yeah, it makes a statement alright: "I am a fucking idiot".

Israelis evil incarnate, Palestinians faultless saints: oh, yeah. It's all that simple.

]]> Karlheinz Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991449 Books Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:30:30 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe She was an idiot. And yeah, she kind of deserved to die. But her parents are adorable. Hugz!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991456 Books Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:32:35 -0800 Comment by Fnarf She didn't deserve to die. But her journals point directly to the problem: she was a deeply deluded person, and her understanding of the world she lived in was dim and rote. And frequently dishonest; and she could not have been more eager to cooperate with the propaganda of death.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991799 Books Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:37:33 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I'd agree if I didn't feel pressured to agree if only for her age.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_tonight_41#c991972 Books Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:46:51 -0800