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...himself at the end of his reign, but also by the fact that his supporters are well placed to win Saturday's runoff presidential election. Nonetheless, the general's release won't be much of a victory for Pinochet and his supporters, who initially fought hard against the perceived insult of freeing him on compassionate grounds rather than on recognition of his claim of immunity as a former sovereign head of state. This way, the general gets to go home, but without the vindication he desires - and the impact of being shamed in the West can't be underestimated...
...Jesus' life as the blasphemous storytelling by Price. There are passages that do not correspond at all to the generally accepted versions of the New Testament. To suggest that we can learn more about the life of Jesus, based on historical evidence, by reading this apocryphal "gospel" seems an insult to any well-versed Christian with a hermeneutical background. Didn't Jesus warn us against false prophets? TONI BASILIO Filderstadt, Germany...
...some of the families of the dead children of Columbine, the very idea of "closure" is an insult and a hoax. There can never be closure for them. "To say that we want to move on and put this behind us, that's not true," says Brian Rohrbough, whose son Daniel was among the first to die. There is still too much pain and too many questions, and even if the answers come, their children will never come back, and nothing will be the same again...
...Harvard men's basketball team had insult added to injury on Saturday afternoon as it was brushed away by Colgate in its worst loss of the season...
...basic level, of course, these issues are no longer up for discussion. For the most part, people are not debating the question of whether rape is a severe crime or of whether racism is wrong and destructive. These are no longer liberal causes and it would be an undeserved insult to conservatism to suggest that they are. But there are still laws and policies to be made and cases to be tried--and thus discussion remains necessary. If liberals want to hold their own in these new levels of discussion, they have to keep a clear head...