'It is a complete farce.

It makes a farce of our idea of equality.

It can make war seem like tragedy or farce.

No, it is not fun. It is a cruel farce.

They need to be stopped because this is a cruel farce.

You see, cowboys and French farce people don't go well together, and the system knows that.

Now, also, back to the sort of big brands Labeling, I said earlier, is an absolute farce and has got to be sorted.

One might fear that Camp David proves to be the tragedy and Annapolis the farce. But, then, this is the Middle East, where earlier breakthroughs grew out of defeat, not victory.

Romania's most vicious anti Semitic and ultra nationalist politician, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, is trying hard to persuade people that he has changed his ways. For most journalists and political pundits in Romania, this self proclaimed Damascene conversion looks like just another political farce from someone with unrivaled histrionic gifts.

But, to ordinary Indians, this political gamesmanship appeared to be merely a farce the blind pretending to lead the unsighted. Perhaps for the first time ever, India s government failed to enact even a single piece of legislation, much less undertake any economic reforms, restore price stability, or address widespread civil disorder.

While the Arab League seemed to act decisively last November when it suspended Syria s membership, the military observer mission that it sent to Syria was a farce. Turkey s initiatives have lost steam, and the United States and its European allies are merely going through the diplomatic motions in practice, their efforts imply little serious impact on the regime.

With debt relief for poor countries shaping up as a focal issue at the July G 8 summit in Scotland, it is a shame that so few people appreciate what a farce such measures could turn out to be. Unfortunately, most of the public, egged on by well meaning rock stars, religious leaders, and other popular figures, seem brainwashed into believing that debt relief is a giant step on the road to ending world poverty.