{"id":41,"date":"2005-01-23T00:41:59","date_gmt":"2005-01-23T06:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/01\/23\/citemotorcycle-diariescite-nice-if-not-great\/"},"modified":"2005-01-23T00:50:13","modified_gmt":"2005-01-23T06:50:13","slug":"citemotorcycle-diariescite-nice-if-not-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/01\/23\/citemotorcycle-diariescite-nice-if-not-great\/","title":{"rendered":"<cite>Motorcycle diaries<\/cite>:  Nice if not great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just got back from <cite>Motorcycle diaries<\/cite>, which was a nice if not great film.  The two main characters are pretty thinly drawn, but the (often very) brief sketches of the lives of the various poor and unfortunate they encounter are actually quite effective.<\/p>\n<p>One thing it does drive home is the difficulty of dealing with the fact of the unfortunate.  Acknowledging the existence of oppressed peoples raises that annoying question of whether our good fortune is in some way the cause of their misery.  And while we know that our decision to eat or not eat the food before us will have little effect on the food on the plate of starving children in Mongolia, there&#8217;s the nagging worry that the fullness of our plate (regardless of what we choose to eat) comes at the expense of theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Now I needs get back to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isgec.org\/gecco-2005\/\">GECCO<\/a> paper &#8211; the deadline is hard upon us!  At least I&#8217;ve essentially finished all my files for my seven year post-tenure review.  It&#8217;ll be interesting to see what the review committee&#8217;s response is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Currently listening to<\/strong> Antibalas&#8217; <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=manalangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B00025ETIM%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/B00025ETIM%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">Who Is This America<\/a><\/cite> again.  This album really rocks!<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just got back from Motorcycle diaries, which was a nice if not great film. The two main characters are pretty thinly drawn, but the (often very) brief sketches of the lives of the various poor and unfortunate they encounter are actually quite effective. One thing it does drive home is the difficulty of dealing with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/01\/23\/citemotorcycle-diariescite-nice-if-not-great\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;<cite>Motorcycle diaries<\/cite>:  Nice if not great&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[10,1,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-F","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":768,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/01\/09\/we-can-all-make-history-come-alive\/","url_meta":{"origin":41,"position":0},"title":"We can all make history come alive","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"9 Jan 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Courtesty of Status-Q, I've just run across this amazing and wonderful little project: WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier. 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