Word: condemnations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thousand demonstrators are expected to descend on Harvard for Chinese President Jiang Zemin's speech on Saturday, but not everyone is ready to condemn the leader of the world's most populous nation...
Chiou, who is an international student, says that she believes it is harder for citizens of a country to be quick to condemn that country...
...women have had to fight bitterly against an organized, aggressive opposition. The tremendous anger and frustration we feel are often carried over to those who have frustrated us. But confronted with the real people on the other side of the divide, it was harder for me to condemn them. I cannot agree with their choices or their opinions, but I could imagine them being committed parents and good citizens. One couple who spoke reminded me of my grandparents--bewildered and upset that their child was gay, but always loving...
Most sadly, while we rush to condemn China, no one, it seems, is rushing to keep Massachusetts from grabbing the kind of power over human life to which everyone so objects. Democracy--our democracy--deserves better...
Even when presenting the history of the Branch Davidians, the documentary does not completely condemn Koresh. Gazecki contrasts the two sects that split (one of which formed the Branch Davidians), showing the leader of the other sect as a disreputable criminal. By this comparison, Koresh seems less villainous. Even when detailing Koresh's greatest flaws, the soundtrack shifts to melancholy music that laments rather than condemns the situation...