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Friday, October 08, 2010
Crude, vulgar and sleazy Orientalism
"The one time I was there, in 2008, I got pulled into a Shiite wedding in Beirut. The women were spilling out of their tight dresses. I thought: This is Shiism in Lebanon? What a great country!" (thanks James)