Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most common condemnation of homosexuality stems from religious faith. This argument holds that the Bible is the sole moral authority; the Bible says that homosexuality is a sin, so homosexuality is immoral--to posit anything to the contrary would smack of blasphemy...
...Every argument against universal keycard access is weak. Safety will be compromised by universal access, some claim, because anyone with a Harvard ID can get in anywhere. Wrong. First, who are these Harvard ID-bearers the masters are afraid of? Harvard students? Or is it that mythic unshaven creature of Harvard Square, beer on his breath and bad deeds on his mind, who finds an ID in the crosswalk on Mass. Ave. and jumps at the chance to infiltrate the Harvard system? That is not likely to happen. People don't drop their ID cards on the street all that...
Some masters have been fond of linking restricted access to a sense of House community. Only Eliot folks can get into Eliot House, the argument goes, creating cohesion by exclusion. But the fact that a best friend or significant other no longer has to be let in at the door isn't likely to detract from House spirit...
...College raises this point from the vantage of safety; people don't lock their doors, so if someone gets hold of a keycard, suddenly they can get into people's rooms with ease. Again, I think the benefits to safely from universal access outweigh this concern. A stronger argument is that people actually like leaving their doors unlocked because it makes them feel more at home, fostering a more comfortable and communal atmosphere...
...lawyers handed Redmond a last-minute reprieve late Tuesday: They postponed a showing of Bill Gates?s prerecorded testimony until further notice. Microsoft?s lawyers complained that the videotape constituted an extra witness, violating an agreement to call no more than 12. And that was about the most successful argument the software giant could manage on another very tough day in antitrust court. The worst blow came when the feds displayed a mail from Dan Rosen -? who represented Microsoft at that crucial June 1995 meeting with Netscape. His priority, Rosen wrote, was to "establish Microsoft ownership of the Internet client...