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...while the Dixiecrat faction cites it as a symbol of what they refer to as the Confederacy's rich cultural history, their opponents decry the flag as a constant, taunting reminder of the bad old days of slavery, Jim Crow and segregation. In the end, the stigma of national disgust and the prospect of continued anti-flag marches on the Capitol proved too much for all but the staunchest Confederate boosters...
...their meat well-done, since it's hard for anyone to tell the difference in quality anyway when food is cooked that way. Or, as Chef Anthony Bourdain puts it more succinctly, ordering meat well-done is paying "for the privilege of eating [the] garbage." More importantly, the whole disgust with blood seems at least in part to be some form of self-denial: yes, we kill animals, but let's not think about that when we eat them, shall...
...from me to dictate what anyone should eat; still, if I'm willing to accept that some people eat foods which I wouldn't touch with a spoon (hello, broccoli!) and don't consider them filthy people, I don't think my love for offal should provoke disgust...
...Worse, when I called Motorola's toll-free help line, I was assured by two separate reps that the phone could be used only for faxing; e-mail and Web browsing could not be done via a laptop-phone connection! I would have sent the thing back in disgust. Instead, I pulled my reporter's credentials, went through the p.r. department and got to some Motorola engineers, who explained that it could be done-- and simply too. E-mail me if you want to know how. That goes for you Motorola support people...
...read with horror and disgust your article about "Dumpster babies" and the new programs that offer a place where a mother can leave a baby and walk away [LAW, Feb. 21]. My rage is directed not at the mothers but at our puritanical, judgmental, self-serving society. This tragic phenomenon is the harvest of the views sown by the pro-lifers, who irresponsibly insist that a pregnancy must result in birth. I challenge pro-lifers to spend a week in an urban slum visiting homeless and unwanted children and seeing the quality of their lives. Perhaps the pro-lifers might...