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...DISSENT: Change the Policy...
This is not the place for a discourse on free will. It's a murky issue, and our everyday notions of blame, even if incoherent, do a passable job of punishing the people who, as a practical matter, must be punished for society to stay livable. But I do dissent from the common belief that this murder was unusual in being a "double tragedy." The more you know about what makes bad people bad--whether it is environment, genes or both--the more you realize that all murders are double tragedies...
...military, means they will still have much political power even if they lose the Majlis. "Even though the conservative clergy dominate, they have to pay attention to the will of the people and the positions of other power centers," says Dowell. "Last summer's riotous protests against repression of dissent by the conservatives served as a sharp reminder that there's a delicate balance of power in Iran, and that Iranians when pushed too far are capable of rebellion, as they showed...
...Zimbabwe's democracy. The president had based his campaign on racial demagoguery, trying to portray a "no" vote as an endorsement of the colonial past. But the minds of the urban voters was focused less on the distant past than on the present - runaway inflation, fuel shortages, repression of dissent and a military adventure in support of President Laurent Kabila in neighboring Congo that prompted the IMF to cancel all assistance to Zimbabwe. The first warning sign was there last winter, when the capital, Harare, was shut down by two days of riotous protests against fuel price hikes. With little...
...against John Burton. Conrad quotes Leonard as saying that "John Burton epitomizes everything the average student hates about the council." What gives Leonard the right to speak for 'the average student,' and with such vehemence? Is it all right if we corroborate? Or all right if we do not dissent...