Monday, May 19, 2008

Signifying Nothing

I listened to a man talk about the Myanmar cyclone relief controversy today.

http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=46098&cat=0

He advocated U.S. Military intervention.

I remembered his reaction to Hurricane Katrina and what it revealed about himself and thought of Shakespeare.

“It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.”

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