Buffy in Dubai... ah, the wonders of globalization. Standing alongside Archbishop Desmond Tutu, no less. I wonder if she is planning to offer any of her insights into the war on terror?
Buffy in Dubai
Buffy demonstrates how to deal with terrorists.
God, how I miss Buffy. And Angel. And Firefly.
If it weren't for ABC Wednesday night (Lost AND Alias!), I don't know how I would get by.
The line that stopped me in the article was...
"Neil Stephenson, Festival Director and CEO, said the festival was honoured to have the esteemed leader visit Dubai as its guest..."
So Neil Stephenson invites Buffy and Desmond over to Dubai to speak at the festival he runs between churning out 3000-page trilogies...
Posted by: Tom Scudder | December 10, 2004 at 02:51 PM
Ha! A renaissance man, indeed.
Personally, I hadn't even caught the irony of the "beheading" motif until just now.. Buffy, meet Zarqawi. Taste of one's own medicine, and so forth.
Posted by: the aardvark | December 10, 2004 at 03:16 PM
Permit me to refer you to "Biological Warfare and the 'Buffy Paradigm'" by Anthony H. Cordesman,
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies:
http://www.csis.org/burke/hd/reports/Buffy012902.pdf
(via http://www.nielsenhayden.com/lighter/)
Posted by: David F. | December 10, 2004 at 07:30 PM