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...Clothesline Project should emphasize that victims of assault need not be silent—nor is a T-shirt flapping in the breeze their only option. Victims must know that they do have the right to defend themselves. Sex without consent is never right, so TBTN should be telling all of us what to do if we are the victims of assault and what we can do to send the son of a bitch to jail...
...however, they are after bigger quarry: bin Laden himself. Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca, the sources say, was in Islamabad last month to ask Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for permission to make the raid on Pakistan's mountainous border with Afghanistan. But Musharraf has still not given his consent. He is hesitant, the sources say, because the fierce tribes of the region are well armed and sympathetic to Afghanistan's former Taliban regime. An American military operation, especially if it went wrong, could weaken the Pakistani leader's already frayed ties to the area...
...failure to inform human subjects of their rights is unpardonable. The convoluted legal terms of the consent forms, said some peasants, were far too complicated for them to understand. Sometimes the forms were only provided months after the actual research took place, showing blatant disregard for the ethical standard of informed consent. “Information must be presented to enable persons to voluntarily decide whether or not to participate as a research subject,” stipulates the Office for Human Research Protections of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. There is no excuse for these standards...
...Cato Institute analyst points out, Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that the only legitimate governments are those based on the consent of the governed, a consent that Americans have given for 200 years. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, instead of promoting fairness, undermines this system of debate and free election...
...they’re not going to engage in proselytization,” explains the Rev. Irving Cummings, president of the United Ministry and pastor of Old Cambridge Baptist Church. A church representative cannot approach a student to discuss religious matters without the student first expressing interest and giving consent. Doing so is considered solicitation. “We very much frown upon that,” Cummings says...