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...Ordinary Sunnis, too, are rallying to al-Dari. Many feel victimized by the Shi'ite political establishment and now see al-Dari as the personification of their community's predicament. On Sunni TV channels, newspapers and Internet bulletin boards, there is an outpouring of vitriol against the government and support for the cleric. A typical message reads: "We are your swords, O Lion Sheikh - From the people of Adhamiya." (Adhamiya is a Sunni-dominated neighborhood of Baghdad.) Several Sunni groups - insurgent, political and social - have paid "homage" to him, which is akin to naming him their spiritual leader...
...enforcement campaign against illegal dog ownership, which began November 13, has caused a storm of complaint and protest everywhere from Beijing's streets to the electronic bulletin boards and blogs of China's hyper-active cyber universe. And the issue has created some unlikely rebels: Xiaomei, for example, is the very model of a law-abiding Chinese and wouldn't dream of doing anything that might get her into trouble. But she nevertheless joined hundreds of protesters who showed up at the entrance to Beijing Zoo on November 12 to protest the crackdown. She says that riot police outnumbered...
...representatives said this weekend. Harvard’s REP representatives have worked to spread the news about the recycling-policy changes and about the importance of recycling in general. Representatives said they have tried to increase awareness of the new specifications by putting up posters, using the REP bulletin boards in each house, and sending out e-mails to house lists. “We’re doing our best to get every student practicing these easy behaviors,” Pforzheimer House REP representative Spring Greeney ’09 wrote in an e-mail...
...young woman stared somberly at passersby from flyers posted on walls and bulletin boards across campus last week. With chiding eyes, she asked us whether she deserved the death sentence that we, society, had given her. Her full lips rebuked us, and her flaxen locks seemed to shine with lost potential. Then she delivered her punch line: She had been conceived through rape, and her “death penalty” was an abortion, one that society would have permitted to take place. Her message was clear: Abortions, regardless of the means of conception, are murder...
...Harvard’s greatest strengths is the diversity of opinion that exists within its student body. Anyone who walks onto our campus can appreciate this diversity simply by observing the variety of posters that adorn kiosks, bulletin boards, and other public spaces. With such a range of passionate opinions, it’s almost inevitable that some poster campaigns will offend students with different views. However, although we value freedom of expression, even when that expression offends others, there must be limits: activists have a responsibility to express their opinions without creating a hostile or pernicious environment for other...