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...reasoning behind the FDA’s implementation of the rules in the early 1980s when society’s understanding of HIV and AIDS was much more limited. When authorities lack the information necessary to have full control over a public health emergency, it is important that officials err on the side of caution. But 20 years later, when knowledge has advanced so rapidly, these rules stem more from reactionary prejudices than scientific reasoning...
...sense of justice really didn’t fit the model of blind judging,” Coontz said. “She always saw the shades of gray, and tried to err on the side that would help students...
...Uncharted Legal Territory," you quoted law professor Robert Turner, who stated, "If we err too far on the side of civil liberties, an awful lot of Americans could lose their lives" [WAR ON TERROR, June 24]. But civil liberties are strongly associated with greater safety and security for the average citizen. Just think of countries without them: Afghanistan under the Taliban, Iraq, Chile under Pinochet, Somalia. Then ask yourself how safe you would feel living in those countries. I would not feel very safe living in a country where the government can arrest and detain indefinitely any citizen it chooses...
...Professor Turner believes that "if we err too far on the side of civil liberties, an awful lot of Americans could lose their lives." Funny, I thought an awful lot of Americans had already lost their lives defending those same liberties. LAREN TOLBERT Atlanta...
Knowles said he was confident that Kirby would be “terrific,” but the new dean said that if he were to err, the artwork in his office would quickly steer him back on course...