Word: dilemmas
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...most wrenching expression of the dilemma is playing out in the mainline, a process that will intensify this week as the Presbyterian Church (USA) convenes in Long Beach, Calif. Few expect the Southern Baptists to ordain gays or the Reform Jews to legislate against them, but the traditional liberal denominations are almost violently torn. The three proposals whose passage prompted the civil disobedience and arrests in Cleveland--bans on gay ministers and holy unions, as well as a clause stating that homosexuality is "incompatible with Christian teaching"--prevailed by votes of roughly 2 to 1. That kind of majority...
Kansas City confuses people. It's probably one of the easiest cities to navigate, but the whole Kansas/Missouri dilemma is perplexing to the non-resident. But after a year away at school, I'm used to the role of geography teacher...
Take, for instance, my airplane dilemma. I'm poor enough to afford coach class, so that is where I must buy my ticket. But coach class makes me miserable because I am folded up like a lawn chair and stuck in a seat I couldn't fit in when I was 12 and with no real place to move, especially after the bozo in front of me reclines his seat those precious three inches. He may not think much of taking those three inches, but it means a whole helluva lot to me. If this were a utilitarian calculation...
This statement is worrisome. Here, in the age of Adam Sandler, is an actor opposed to bathroom humor. There's another dilemma. Asked about the lack of choice roles for black actors, Wright pauses. "If there's a positive for actors of color, it's that there are so many undiscovered stories from our perspective," he says. Some of those stories will fill a screenplay he's writing based on inner-city kids he grew up with; this could mean that Wright will make some noise...
...cases overturned on appeal. "Do the right thing," Bill Clinton, wagging his finger, would tell every Congress on State of the Union night. The problem is to know what the right thing is. We scream at each other, trying to figure it out. At worst, the theater of moral dilemma makes America sound like a college dormitory at 11 p.m., with 200 million freshmen and sophomores haggling over the meaning of life. At best, we are imitating Michel de Montaigne...