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...more Marxists and Leninists would at least challenge us to defend our basic beliefs and values, and liven up the dole drum nature of debate on campus. The great thing about commies is that they may always be wrong, but they are never boring...
More than fours years have passed since Sept. 11, but the debate over civil liberties still lingers. From the White House, President Bush continues to justify his policies by reasserting the ideals that United States citizens defend at home and abroad. In his 2003 State of the Union speech Bush publicly pledged his unequivocal commitment to the U.S.’ core values: freedom, democracy, and human rights. Speaking specifically to Iraqi torture atrocities—electric shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation with electric drills, cutting out tongues, and rape—he declared...
...visits with Saddam in Camp Cropper are too humiliating to discuss, for both himself and his client. Al-Dulaimi says he had always been opposed to Saddam when the dictator was in power, but he so resented watching a foreign power invade his country that he decided to defend Saddam in court. Al-Dulaimi intends to prove that the tribunal is illegal because it was set up under occupation. As for the charge that Saddam ordered widespread torture and killing in Dujail in 1982, the lawyer will argue that Saddam was acting legally as a leader of a sovereign country...
...responsible for, or even participatory in, the protest that went on at Norman Finkelstein’s speech. The protest was conducted by a handful of individuals—a mix of college and law students, only two of whom were affiliated with HSI. The Crimson Staff claimed to defend the freedom of speech of all opinions in an effort to “[enable] people to arrive at the correct understanding of the truth.” Yet, in reality, this defense is one-sided. Norman Finkelstein has an extensive history of remarks and writings that are disparagingly offensive...
...their sleeve, rather than taking the time to speak them.As a shirts-with-cute-sayings aficionado—I possess a vast repertoire of “Everyone Loves A [insert regional, religious, or ethnic trait here] Girl” tops—I often feel the need to defend my fashion choices.Unlike the well-endowed preteens trying to fast forward the aging/mating process with a nice “Who needs brains when you have these?” shirt, I tend to pick phrases that speak to me, something that I’m sure I could have...