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...auditory feathers sure get ruffled when I read of the hypocrites who condemn the Concorde because for a few minutes upon takeoff the noise level reaches 129 decibels [June 7]. These same hypocrites sit for hours and listen to a rock group playing (or rather making noise) at anywhere between 120 and 130 decibels...
...review board and decide that a cadet is innocent. But even then, the absolved cadet's classmates may shun him as a pariah. To some zealots who swear by the honor code, the very fact that a cadet is accused of wrongdoing is reason enough to condemn him -a situation that shows how a system designed to develop honor can be warped to foster dishonor...
...aspect of social protest which Berrigan takes seriously is the use of violence. Berrigan breaks with the more traditional New Testament position by refusing to condemn all violent acts. "I don't want to use non-violence as a blunt weapon against people in trouble," Berrigan told a largely hostile audience at his speech...
VIOLENCE, FEMINISM, SEX, lip gloss, revenge--it could have been interesting. Instead, for cheap thrills, Lipstick exploits the phenomenon it pretends to condemn, making rape into fatuous entertainment. We can't help wondering who is meant to be responsible for the crime. The anaesthetized Chris, who was only doing her job? Or Stuart, who was so inconsiderate as to act out a fantasy that all men who can see and read are encouraged to have? The cosmetics business which peddles the tools of seduction, the advertising industry which purveys the promise, or the women who demand the product? Where does...
...scholar in the field of Afro-American music and is an intellectual of superior human sensitivity. She--nor anyone else on this faculty for that matter--does not deserve to be treated with abuse and vilification, and it should be incumbent upon every member of the Harvard community to condemn this kind of behavior by students...