Word: freedom
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...case last Friday, if human rights defenders desire liberties and immunities for the AIDS activists they must engage supportive elements of Shar’ia law, making their advocacy culturally palpable, even though most tenets of Shar’ia law concerning homosexual behavior condemn it. But freedom for the AIDS activists will depend more upon the respect for privacy and due process inherent in Islamic legal culture and scripture than the right for men to have sex with other men.Only one passage in the Qu’ran explicitly acknowledge homosexuality: “If two men commit unchastity...
...though the blogosphere is buzzing with accusations that the Snuggie ripped off a similar product dubbed the "Slanket," Boilen says the concept has been around for nearly 50 years. The long and colorful evolution of the blanket with arms has included the patriotically named Freedom Blanket, the Book Blanket, the Cuddle Wrap and the Toasty Wrap, a product Montel Williams hawks on his talk show turned infomercial, Living Well with Montel...
...more hurtful than a close friend's ingratitude? His gratitude - at least if you're Tony Blair and the buddy in question is George W. Bush. Later today in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Bush is set to dole out a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Blair, Britain's former Prime Minister. Blair has earned the bauble - previous recipients include Nelson Mandela and Doris Day - "for [his] efforts to promote democracy, human rights and peace abroad," according to the White House. Blair's spokesman seemed to tacitly acknowledge that Blair is being feted as much...
...words is raising fresh questions about free speech and censorship online. Facebook, which has 150 million active users, does not remove members or groups that speak out against countries, political entities or ideas. "Our goal is to strike a very delicate balance between giving Facebook users the freedom to express their opinions and beliefs, while also ensuring that individuals and groups of people do not feel threatened or endangered," says Facebook spokeswoman Elizabeth Linder. "We've taken action on groups promoting both sides of the current conflict, but do not typically provide details on such instances." (See the 50 best...
...Cheney's dominance led Bush to many of the decisions he now qualifies as disappointments, as did Donald Rumsfeld's bullying leadership at the Pentagon. Bush's own ideological inclinations against regulation certainly contributed to the financial crisis. And his inexperience in foreign affairs made him unrealistic about what freedom and democracy actually mean in much of the rest of the world...