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Who Hates Whom
Who Hates Whom:

Well-Armed Fanatics,
Intractable Conflicts,

and Various Things Blowing Up
A Woefully Incomplete Guide™

“Revelatory... Harris's sly wit and infectious curiosity make understanding world chaos fascinating... witty, horrific, and necessary.”

-- Boston Globe


"Brave... irreverent... charges into the thick of the globe's myriad simmering wars... hilariously relaxed."

-- New York Observer


“Fascinating, enlightening, and surprisingly: NOT TOTALLY DEPRESSING.”

-- John Hodgman,
author, The Areas of My Expertise and correspondent for The Daily Show

 


"A rollicking ride of intellectual discovery and emotional growth... his comic timing never fails"
-- The Wall Street Journal

"A surprisingly touching memoir"
-- Entertainment Weekly

"Effortlessly funny and informative... tender, human, and very wise... A must for anyone who loves Jeopardy!, or has ever seen it, or is breathing."
-- Joss Whedon, creator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer


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Since I left in August, the subject of the U.S. elections has come up nearly every day, everywhere I've gone.  When people have found out I'm American, it has often been the first thing they've brought up.  I've tried to be the last one to express an opinion, since the point of travel is to learn what other people are thinking.

And after three months of conversations in more than a dozen countries on three continents, I've met exactly one non-Anerican who supported McCain.  One.

One taxi driver in Christchurch, NZ seemed as convinced of McCain's righteousness and Obama's impending evil reign as any Palin rally deadender might be.  One guy.  Please excuse the Tom Friedman-ness of citing a taxicab conversation of evidence of anything.  But that's just who the one guy happened to be.

Everybody else I've met so far -- everybody -- in France, Hong Kong, the Emirates, Indonesia, Korea, Australia, wherever -- has been neutral to pro-Obama.  The large majority were clearly hoping for an Obama win.

 

 

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