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...fact, the Koran contains no injunction to destroy the images of other faiths. It does forbid depicting the Prophet: it is not an iconic religion. But none of the teachings of Islamic faith give sanction to what the Taliban are up to. "The terrible irony," says Philippe de Montebello, director of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "is that Islam is essentially a tolerant faith--much more so than Christianity used to be." If there is practically no medieval art left intact in England, for instance, it is because the godly minions of Oliver Cromwell--ancestors...
...addition of Ramirez will certainly make Boston a contender this season. The Sox might even win the AL East, which would add even more hype to a possible playoff showdown with the Yanks. But, the postseason has and will always depend on pitching. A seven-game (or, heaven forbid, a five-game) series is usually determined by which pitching staff--starters, middle relievers, and closers--has more talent...
...Christians needn't be entirely smug on the subject of destroying holy images. Iconoclasm (literally, the breaking of images) was the name of an eighth- and ninth-century movement in the Eastern church against the worship of holy pictures. In 753, the Emperor Constantine summoned a great synod to forbid image-worship forever. The synod declared it blasphemous to represent, by the dead materials of paint and carved stone, those who live with Christ. The bishops damned image-worshipers as idolators (and there is a commandment about that, is there not?). Pictures of the saints in churches were replaced...
...dangerous gray area for new Internet protocols. How useful must a piece of information be before it becomes illegal? How effective must a search tool be before it becomes contributory infringement? If I duplicate copyrighted text on my website, could Google be sued for indexing it--or, God forbid, for keeping a cached copy on its own servers? There is no room for gray areas in this body of law. Either an act is contributory infringement or it isn't, and the failure to draw clear lines creates chilling effects that benefit the copyright industry--it can afford to lose...
...little lazy about keeping their plants in working order - but "what the traffic will bear" is part of the free-market package. Environmental- and NIMBY-minded voters kept new power plants from being built, and their allergy to the possibility of rate increases under deregulation forced Davis to forbid the utilities, in time of juice shortage, increased demand and high operating costs, from passing any of those increases on to consumers. So the utilities went broke, and now Californians are finally picking...