Posted by Tina
** Actress Meryl Streep, who plays an authoritarian nun battling a ”passionate liberal priest” (according to Newsweek) in the new film ”Doubt,” told the Boston Herald on Sunday that the film is actually a metaphor for those who think the war on terror can be won with force. She argued, ”It’s about someone who thinks you can control evildoers with force and a firm hand and an unrelenting, ‘We will not negotiate (with terrorists).’ ” – NewsBusters**
Does she remember what happened to Ron Pearl? Does she remember the people burning and dying and leaping from the towers or those who lost their lives going into the towers to save others? Is she really so involved in the drama of her profession that she does not remember it took TWO atomic bombs to convince the Emperor of Japan that the rest of the world would not tolerate his ARROGANCE and DETERMINATION TO KILL? (Incredibly one was not enough)
There are people who refuse to be reasonable or to make even small concessions. When they are in positions of power they can be dangerous and usually negotiations with them are a joke. They do not negotiate in good faith; they play games, imagining themselves to be superior. Talk does not work with these people. They do not compromise. Saddam was such a man and several years, 17 U.N. resolutions and a broken cease-fire agreement following the first gulf war, not to mention the atrocities performed on his own people, were testament to the fact.
Its hard to imagine that Ms. Streep has not encountered such a person in the entertainment industry. Of course she doesn’t have to worry about little things like suitcase bombs, biological attacks, or homocide bombers while negotiating with producers, directors and the like.