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...what is decided in legislatures or in the courts." The key, says Dr. Brody, is balancing the powerful potential for good with the potential for abuse, and eventually deciding which we are more willing to live with. "If we do certain things to increase donations," he says, "we may err on the side of having a few people donating who didn?t want to donate. And if we don?t take action, we?ll continue to see life-saving organs being buried over the express wishes of the deceased...
...while some students say they are not offended by the Christmas tree, they do believe that the House should err on the side of being careful of people’s feelings...
...network news heads dutifully talked this week with Condoleezza Rice, who urged them to examine any future videotape from bin Laden or his followers before airing it. The network chiefs agreed - clearly the right decision. Now, they will probably err in a new direction, and only show still images of bin Laden or others. They were rightly skeptical, however, about the idea that bin Laden was sending hidden messages to his followers. (Question: where's the hidden message in his straightforward urging of Muslims to rise up and kill Americans? Nothing hidden about that...
...imminent threat that was at once specific and vague - an attack that might come in the next few days, but no one had any idea where and how. That, of course, makes it more difficult to persuade Americans that they can safely go about their business. But better to err on the side of caution, even if that slows a return to normalcy. And he took great care to warn Americans against turning their anxiety into hostility towards Americans of other faiths and cultures, insisting that America's diversity was a weapon in the battle against terrorism...
...Their argument, if not their reasoning, had plenty of supporters: Even if the newly uncovered evidence contained no exculpatory evidence, some reasoned it would be safer for Matsch to err on the side of caution - especially in a case so rife with anti-government, anti-establishment tensions...