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"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
A Christian-Muslim love story - Verdi's I Lombardi -
During the Crusades, though Oronte and Giselda marry, their Islamic city is invaded and Oronte is wounded --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX6Th3POMic&feature=related
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