Word: meaningfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHILE "cruelty" is one of those legal concepts difficult to define, clear and extreme cases are generally agreed upon and covered by current laws. But many animal "rights" decisions are subjective, requiring personal ethical choices. Will the time come when the production of animals for meat is considered "cruel" and...
But Kennedy's own buzzwords of "participation," "involvement" and "responsibility" have meaning to those who already have access to the political system and choose not to exercise their rights.
"The question is nonbinding, meaning that it only tries to discern public opinion on the issue and that representatives are not required to take any action on the outcome," said Philip Griffiths, assistant director of the Cambridge Election Commission.
"That's the tradition of liberalism I grew up in," Dukakis said. "That's the tradition I believe in. And I'm not going to let the Republican Party pervert that word and give it a meaning it doesn't have."
Now, in the midst of my spirtual doubt, I'm wondering. Perhaps people read the Square Deal. Perhaps buried deep inside it is The Answer to All Questions. Perhaps the meaning of life has been sitting there all along, and I just haven't looked.