It is the worst-written book I have read in years (the effect is rather like wandering through a ruined building), but its helplessness gives it an integrity it might otherwise lack.
(As a result, it is generally regarded warmly by Palestinians, though some worry that it fosters helplessness).
"It produced helplessness.
But what he detects in his patients and audiences isn't dynamism; it's helplessness.
"Passively waiting for things to be done for you is a killer," she said, "because it underscores helplessness and hopelessness".
At a memorial service on Thursday evening for a slain alumnus of the elite St. Xavier's College here, a placard asked: "One month from now, will you care?" "It's helplessness, what do we do?" said Probir Roy, the owner of a technology company and an alumnus of St. Xavier's.
It suggests helplessness.
And it reinforces helplessness not hopefulness through adding to the sense that corruption is insurmountable.
It's worse than futile because it is active in its own helplessness.
"And it's not so much the money; it's the helplessness.
