You’re a terrorist, a murderer, in prison for life and called a jackal, and you’re concerned about your image now?
I read an interesting piece in the Washington Post about how Ilich Ramirez is suing a documentary film company over the “intellectual property” rights to his name and “biographical image.”
Ramirez, better known as “Carlos the Jackal,” is a former terrorist and murderer who is currently serving a life sentence in Paris, France for killing two French security agents. Ramirez was, and apparently remains, an egomaniac. He was a rich, spoiled child who played at being a terrorist. He enjoyed being in the international spotlight in the 1970s and he didn’t mind having to bomb, shoot and kill people to be there.
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, is a cliche: a group of people are trapped together after a disaster and they may die, but before they do, they are going to tell a story from their life — their one amazing thing. It’s a mixed group, the sort of group you would call together for a photo shoot to show your commitment to diversity. Their stories are sometimes interesting — there’s a ghost, a voodoo curse, and a misplaced aurora borealis. There are bad marriages, lost love and even a dead kitten. But none of it felt real to me. 
