Word: equalization
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...fans of Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, the story of an oaf who becomes a hero against by battling a long-imprisoned supervillain. KFP shifts into high gear when its big baddie, Tai Lung, escapes from his prison dungeon, breaking chains, bones and the law of gravity with equal finesse. Many of the fights - Tai Lung vs. the Five Furies, or vs. Shifu or, finally, against a certain panda - are so smartly thought out and spectacularly executed that they might have been designed by an ace stunt coordinator like Yuen Wo-ping. One scene, which has Po and Shifu...
...It’s not all smoke and mirrors, of course. If Harvard is as good as the experts say it is, then it should be tough to bitch and moan here without coming across as spoiled. But not all complaints are created equal, and one, in particular, carries weight...
...strongest cause of intolerance comes from the multiculturalism that the feminists have taken on board. Multiculturalism is a strange combination of relativism and moralism. All cultures are equal and none can be privileged—that’s the relativism. But because some people claim privilege and use it to oppress others, they must be excluded from power and status—there’s the moralism. Multiculturalism gave feminists the ability to borrow the moral authority of Blacks, who had truly been oppressed. They have used it—quite without embarrassment—to exclude conservatives...
...from the death penalty to gay marriage to gun laws. The inhumane practice of lethal injection and other forms of capital punishment are still tolerated, and the Supreme Court has yet to ban what is effectively state-sanctioned murder. The constitutional right to marry and the right to equal protection under the law are still denied to same-sex couples in the majority of states (with notable exceptions in Massachusetts, and more recently, California). High school shootings and other gun violence incidents are ever-raging, yet constitutional debates over the interpretation of the Second Amendment cloud the fact that this...
...ROUNDS ARE CREATED EQUAL. THE WEEK'S WINNER IS BASED ON THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF EACH FIGHT AND BY HOW MUCH THE WINNER TAKES EACH ROUND...