Word: evilã
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...fairness, Bush probably never expected North Korea or Iran to step out of line when he first brandished his “axis of evil?? rhetoric in the aftermath of Sept. 11. He probably hoped that name-dropping would heighten our alarm and rally support for his particular response...
...University estimated that 10,000 people—three times the attendance of last year’s vigil—gathered to hear University President Lawrence H. Summers address the importance of remembering the victims of Sept. 11 as well as the “eternal existence of evil?? responsible for their deaths...
...would take to truly foolproof the structure I’m standing on—what it would take to search every car, to reinforce every beam and cable, to install the necessary guns atop each tower. And still, even in this wildly hypothetical case, the new foe, evil??s newfound creativity, would continue to find ways around the latest roadblocks. There is a risk, a vulnerability simply in existing...
...canonization of John Gotti is truly unfortunate, particularly at a time when Americans, and especially New Yorkers, have been forced to regain a sense of moral clarity about the world in which they live. The much-maligned concept of “good and evil?? returned in full force after Sept. 11, we are repeatedly told; but differentiating between good and evil requires us to recognize even subtle, craftily-disguised forms of evil. The bottom line is this: John Gotti was a vicious thug who either murdered or ordered the murders of many, many people, including...
...debate has at times descended into ill-informed and downright false character assassination. Many of those criticizing him have not taken the time to contact him, to ask questions, to find out facts. He has been called everything from “an apologist for men who do great evil?? to “a fundraiser for Hamas.” Neither is true. The latter statement was made on national television...