Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Animal Liberation, deny that a human may be more worthy of respect than a zebra or mosquito. What I condemn as "speciesism" is the attitude that the interests of animals of other species are less important than similar interests of humans. Humans have many interests that zebras and mosquitoes don't-their careers, the pursuit of knowledge, artistic interests-and these may entitle them to extra respect. But these interests cannot justify forcing animals to lead miserable lives in today's factory farms just because we like the taste of their flesh...
...Since then, to the dismay of China's leadership, dissidents have pasted up posters on democracy wall bluntly attacking the authoritarianism of the regime. New underground magazines have sprung up; they contain detailed reports on the horrendous conditions in Chinese prisons as well as sharply worded demands for human rights...
Within days of the editor's imprisonment, a new edition of Forum appeared that criticized the "rude arrests" at democracy wall. The magazine's re-emergence testified to the gritty capacity for survival of the human rights movement. Nonetheless, further arrests may be in the offing. Last week a leading Communist Party newspaper, the Shanghai Liberation Daily, warned: "A very small group of counterrevolutionaries has been poisoning people's minds. Those that should be arrested must be arrested. Those that should be sentenced must be sentenced. Those that should be killed must be killed. We cannot...
Neil Armstrong, ex-astronaut on jogging: "I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises...
...were evident. At the energy workshop, activists complained about labor support of nuclear power. Building nukes means construction jobs, at least in the short run. On such issues delicate compromises are necessary to keep the coalition together. "I'd like to get the building trades to come out for human-scale, non-corporate solar power," Harrington told The Crimson, "even if they won't endorse our antinuclear position...