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...summoned to attend at specific times, but of course none of them did. "It was all very eerie and surrealistic.... Committee members would sit behind a long table looking at the empty chairs before us." As the group moved toward determining levels of culpability, a student petition made it explicit that there was more at stake than just a diploma from an Ivy League college. Expelled students, in the rules of the day, became highly susceptible to being drafted...
...pathetic attempt to find something about religion he can cry about. Perhaps Liu is the clear minded atheist who sees right through the Church's plot to convert an "unsuspecting audience" to Christianity. It might not have occurred to Liu that people go to church for the explicit reason of worshiping God. Some people do believe in that stuff, you know. If Liu does not want to hear about God, that is his prerogative, but he should not come to Sunday church and then complain that God has been thrust upon him. --Noble Hansen
...Chinese people. It signifies the unbreaking of a broken landscape, geographical and political. It is the first step toward a "Greater China," so to speak, a revival of a brand of Chinese nationalism. "Hong Kong now, Taiwan next" is the idea, as many Chinese officials would put in explicit terms. But the matter at hand is whether Hong Kong can retain its strong position in the world in the midst of the identity shuffling it will endure in years to come...
...think people should have a right to express opposing positions," says Myers. "Where I draw the line is when an explicit threat is made...
...clear constitutional law in cyberspace, at least 17 states have passed or are considering their own legislation to regulate the Net. New York enacted a law last year that resembles the CDA. In Virginia it's now illegal for state employees--including state-college professors--to access "sexually explicit" materials online. That law might prevent English professors from running an online discussion of Lady Chatterley's Lover. In Georgia it's a crime for people to communicate anonymously over the Net, which could come as a surprise to 8 million America Online users, most of whom use pseudonyms...