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...opinions "missed the mark" in their statements. The opponents of national service merely suggested what the citizens, politicians, and lawmakers "should" do instead of "coercing" American youth to serve their country. Similarly, the propoents of national service suggest only what national service "could" do to address the charges of coercion of their opponents, "the majority...
...patriotism, favor the advantaged over the disadvantaged, and divert federal resources from more effective social programs. while the idea of voluntary service is a noble one, such service loses its key component--altruism--when mandated by law. And no matter how effective the results, national service which relies on coercion is an infringement on the freedom of America's youth. We believe that instead, the government would do better to create greater incentives for voluntary service, such as augmenting the new G.I. bill to include education benefits for civil as well as military service...
Women need laws that are stringent, focused, and effective. Women need laws that target the real harm being done every day, in the streets and in illicit places. Assault, kidnapping, coercion, and rape--all elements of much of the most egregious pornography--are all illegal. Those crimes must be better prosecuted. In particular, the laws involving reporting and prosecution of rape need to be reworked to offer victims better protection and ensure that rapists are more severely punished...
Moloise had been convicted two years ago of murdering a black policeman. The victim, Warrant Officer Philippus Selepe, 52, was slain with an automatic weapon outside his home near Pretoria in 1982. Moloise at first confessed to the crime but later recanted, charging police coercion. Later he said he had been involved in planning the ambush, but only because he was afraid that his associates in the African National Congress would kill him if he did not cooperate. The A.N.C., for its part, has insisted that its guerrillas, not Moloise, committed the murder. Moloise was, however, a firm supporter...
...would deny MacKinnon's diagnosis that pornography exploits, subordinates and abuses females as well as males. Nor would many disagree with the intent of anti-porn legislation aimed at halting pornographic coercion, force, assault, and trafficking...