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Newberg: I think trying to define it is absolutely one of the areas that we really need to get a handle on, because one of the mistakes that is often made in the medical context can be that, oh, somebody is this particular religion, so they believe in these things. We have to be careful about how we define and slot everybody into these different categories. Atheists as well...
...fact that the Czechs often use the punishment on first-time, nonviolent offenders, like exhibitionists. Another issue: the Czech penal system effectively forces many prisoners into accepting the procedure out of fear they will be jailed for life if they do not, according to the council. "Given the context in which the intervention is offered, it is questionable whether consent to the option of surgical castration will always be truly free and informed," it said. Investigators found five cases of it being performed on legally incapacitated offenders who were not capable of making an informed decision. They found only...
...Lest this sound too much like boasting, let me put this moment in context a bit. In real life, I’m a physics and computer science major—the most physical exertion I get on any given day is that of my fingers dancing across a keyboard. And yet, once a week on the IM pitch, I am able to put all of that behind me and get a full workout while teaming up with others in my house to defend the prized Strauss...
...many depressing figures, including “a one armed man punching at nothing but the breeze” and that his only “faith is in the broken bones and bruises I display.” The song is deeply moving, even more so in the context of the film; that it failed to get nominated for an Oscar is an incomprehensible crime. The Boss will be turning 60 this year, but he still knows how to make a great album. “Working on a Dream” is meaningful, powerful, and thoroughly enjoyable. While...
...Having provided his misleading “context,” Kennedy finally returns to the present day. In his view, Hamas is not the organization whose charter calls for Jews to be killed and rejects “so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences.” No—it is just a tragically misunderstood bunch, desperately seeking a way to accept a two-state solution and “save face...