Word: bans
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...Dean Lewis has chosen to offend the College community a third time with his very practical decision to ban Hanukkah menorahs from student dormitory rooms. Let's follow his logic. This past December, a first-year creates a Rube Goldberg menorah from a three-hole punch. The candles topple. The desk and computer catch fire. Dean thinks, "What if other desks and computers catch on fire when irresponsible students create defective holiday contraptions? We must prevent all Jewish students from lighting menorahs...
This reasoning is truly practical, but it ignores all competing claims to the legitimacy of menorah lighting other than that of fire prevention. The foremost objection to the ban is that it limits religious freedom. Candle lighting is essential to the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah because it reminds Jewish people of their Maccabean ancestors' struggles to reclaim the Temple. By placing menorahs in their windows, Jews remind others of their past struggles against oppression and their determination to ensure freedom...
...lease is contractual based upon the maintenance of the property, not the conditions under which it must be maintained. The rub is precisely in this realm of tenant rights. If the Dean's objective is to totally outlaw fire from students' rooms, then he would have to ban fires in the fireplaces, the smoking of cigarettes and the use of house kitchens, not to mention conveniences like hot pots and microwaves. Such an unpopular move would rightly be considered authoritarian...
...even quicker head start on designers in the race to retail stores--a race Paris is already losing. "This cannot continue," declares Marie-Louise de Clermont Tonnerre of Chanel. "We will do everything we must to protect our creations." The houses recently filed a lawsuit to ban uploads and seek jail time for offenders, arguing that footage and photos of their lines are the designers' property and cannot be distributed without consent. It's more than a bit quixotic. Says De Clermont Tonnerre: "All we can do is let them know that if we catch [the pirates], it will cost...
...crucial difference between Ultimate Fighting, the bareknuckle battles on pay-per-view TV that some lawmakers want to ban, and a game we played in grade school called Dirty Soccer is that Ultimate Fighting specifically prohibits biting and eye gouging...