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...human shields are dismissed as "speed bumps" by rank-and-file grunts. At a recent rally for 3,000 Marines, a sergeant major steals the show by launching barbs at France, which has led the opposition to war. "How many French people does it take to defend Paris?" he asks. "None. Because it's never been done before...
...important caveat. If an editor decides “the potential harm of publication outweighs the potential societal benefits,” then such a scientific paper “should be modified, or not be published.” Donald Kennedy, the editor of Science, tried to defend this position by arguing that it “poses no radical policy departure.” Other scientists have argued that the statement is mere common sense, and is simply a restatement of what journals already...
This fracas should not concern free speech, when the creators themselves acknowledge they had nothing profound to say. Transforming the question of free speech to defend displays like the snow phallus – created not in spite of it being obscene, but because it was obscene—corrupts the First Amendment’s legitimacy as a valid defense for real artistic expression...
...wielding vandals’ commitment to free speech is even more suspect. As Los Angeles Times columnist Norah Vincent notes, the same students chalking their campuses with tasteless drawings and slogans also push for speech codes and steal conservative campus publications from the newsstands. Vincent aptly describes students who defend smut like the snow penis and then shift the debate from decency to free speech rights: “self-entitled, sophomoric pranksters falling back on high principles when it suits them.” Student “artists” of the snow-phallus variety have hijacked...
...supposed to challenge that person to a duel. Every now and then people do challenge the governor, and I hold them to it. I point my finger at them and say, ‘Sir, how dare you insult the governor of Kentucky! I shall defend him to the death...