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...today), it demonstrates a deep-seated refusal to engage the historical role of the Democratic Party in fashioning imperial policy. In the specific context of Iraq, one only has to point to the murderous regime of sanctions in place from 1991-2003, which were conducted with the active consent of Clinton’s government (and condemned as “genocidal” by the former UN humanitarian coordinator in Baghdad). Or more generally, consider JFK’s misadventures in Vietnam and Cuba, or even reputed “peacenik” Jimmy Carter’s preemptive...
...that dummy pills could have real therapeutic effects. But does that make it acceptable to administer them? If placebos work by manipulating a patient's expectations, then prescribing them suggests that doctors are deliberately deceiving their patients. That undermines one of the key principles of Western medical ethics: informed consent. Most patients believe they have the right to know - and in most cases to refuse - the treatments that doctors recommend...
Although students do not individually consent to having their profiles studied, the sociologists emphasized that they are following all necessary guidelines and taking the greatest precautions to protect student privacy...
...offender, whose name has been withheld as is the custom in British cases involving minors, appeared in court Wednesday after admitting to a catalogue of offences, including taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, failing to surrender to custody and possession of cannabis. Police also presented evidence that the teenager had written abusive comments on the site about the local police...