Word: argumentative
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...crucial flaw in this argument, and the reason why Prop 8 is such a threat to Loving, is that the Virginia courts didn’t believe that interracial marriage was “marriage” either. Marriage is a divine institution, wrote the Virginian judge that originally gave the Lovings their sentence, and God “placed [separate races] on separate continents,” in order to demonstrate that He did “not intend for [them] to mix.” In Naim v. Naim (1955), the Virginia Supreme Court similarly argued...
...screen: the motion-picture screen—and this is in ascending order of evil in terms of what it does to their minds throughout the world—the television screen, and finally the computer screen, which is the real villain.” Mr. Bloom extends his argument further in his book “How to Read and Why” by asserting that in the age of the internet “information is endlessly available to us. Where shall wisdom be found...
...don’t see any argument against [student group-initiated programming]," said Mary K.B. Cox ’10, former president of the IOP Student Advisory Committee. "It wouldn’t cost the university anything except letting people stay in their own rooms and feeding them...
...shutting down. Two more books are being developed and The Last Song arrives next month, starring Miley Cyrus as a rebellious teen sent to live with her estranged father. From the trailer, Greg Kinnear looks darling in the dad role. Ten bucks says he's a dead man. My argument with the Sparks oeuvre is not that a happy ending is needed; a sad ending can be just lovely. But continually setting your characters up for a fall and then wielding misery like a club? We want to be moved, not clobbered...
...important counter-argument many have made against the repeal of DADT is that it will create unbridled unrest in the military. And while some of these arguments are not as influenced by homophobia as the certain ideological camps often make them out to be, they are still beside the point. After all, the repeal of DADT will not force every homosexual soldier to reveal his or her sexual orientation to fellow comrades; individuals can choose to “come out” on their own time, iand on their own terms. It is as misguided to worry about every...