Word: civilizations
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...mass meetings were directed at broad political goals like civil rights and the ending of the Vietnam War. But today, Janofsky explains, many Americans have lost faith in the ability of the government to make life better. These mass events are symbols of a newfound belief that the responsibility for social change stops at the individual. Instead of lobbying to change government policy, we should look within ourselves, repent, and change our lives for the better. This, Janofsky concludes, is the message of these recent mass events...
...with his or her own life. Never mind that a rehabilitated youth with a new lease on life is probably a fairer replacement for a death than another death. While the desire for eye-for-an-eye justice is understandable, acting on this desire is inexcusable in modern civil society. The primary function of America's legal system should not be to carry out vengeance. The legal system may never escape public opinion, but it should not subordinate dispensation of purposeful justice to the opinion of the masses...
...rest of the old-time liberal coalition is not budging. Last month the N.A.A.C.P. joined with the liberal People for the American Way to organize an antivoucher demonstration in Philadelphia. "The N.A.A.C.P. is out of touch," says Congressman Floyd Flake, a New York Democrat. "The next wave of the civil rights movement will be demand for choice in schools." All the same, when the House voted earlier this month to approve a Republican proposal for a $7 million voucher plan for Washington--a basket-case system where by some calculations 40% of the kids drop out before high school graduation...
...most infamous car accident ever to take place in France, may not recall much about it, but does not want to be forgotten when it comes to recompense. He has joined the families of the other victims, including Diana's, in becoming what's known as a "civil party" to the investigation. This means that if charges are filed and damages awarded, he will share them. He will also have access to all court papers and can't be interrogated by investigators without his lawyer. Prevailing medical opinion suggests he won't remember any more anyway...
Your report said the Promise Keepers seem "to avoid terms like integration and equality, instead advocating the fuzzier 'reconciliation.'" In case you haven't noticed, civil rights legislation hasn't ended racial hatred and inequality in our country. Reconciliation has to do with acknowledging wrong attitudes and actions and righting them; it has to do with healing, not legislation or formulas. For heaven's sake, give it a chance! MARILYN MARTIN Tucson, Ariz...