Word: homo
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...nearly 60. And the Church is under attack for refusing to ordain women or condone homosexual behavior as well as for its handling of cases of sexual abuse by priests and brothers. Protesters have prepared their own World Youth Day activities, foisting condoms on pilgrims and selling "Pope Go Homo" T-shirts. Some Sydney residents are also upset that the New South Wales state government has made it an offense to willfully "cause annoyance" to World Youth Day participants...
...repression leads to defiant counterculture in Korea, just like anywhere else. Young people flock to packed and pulsating club areas ready to bump and grind to American hits and the sounds of the immortal Korean rapper Crown J. The gay community heads off to party at “Homo Hill” in Itaewon, the international district. And wasted government officials delay their trips to “massage parlors” to accost groups of Americans and buy them rounds of whiskey bombs. (Thanks, Mr. Choo...
...Although Greenspan’s analysis referred specifically to financial markets, it also restates a valuable historical lesson about politics: If we expect what is reasonable, we will be disappointed. At least in the financial world, models are more helpful, because despite the inexistence of a homo economicus, most people in most circumstances are driven by profit maximization. They may not know how to achieve it at all times, but they always want better results for their portfolios. When it comes to politics, however, for better or for worse, motivations more often transcend rational concerns...
...heart of the mental illness craze is the question of what constitutes a normal, healthy mind. As scientific knowledge expands its understanding of genomics and the chemical make-up of the brain, there is a temptation to declare what should be considered a model specimen of Homo sapiens. However, the greatest contributor to human diversity is not large-scale cultural, environmental, or genetic diversity, but rather the basic differences that makes every brain unique. To load a person up on chemicals or therapies in order to iron out the aspects of his personality that don’t correspond...
...with disappointment in myself and in homo sapiens in general that I walked out of the bullfighting ring. What in human nature makes us want to turn death into sport? Death is, as we all know, a part of life. But it’s one that would ideally be met with acceptance and reverence—and there’s something carnival-like about the atmosphere of a bullfight that comes across stronger than any reverence the matador may feel toward the bull...