Word: meaninglessness
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...issues of English high school, such as dealings with the opposite sex, parents, bullies, peers and, of course, the tribulations of wearing a uniform. But it also breaches the deeper problems of labor relations and unions, race relations, music, extra-marital affairs, the aftermath of World War II, religion, meaningless sex and the conflict between Britain and Ireland. Remarkably, the book also manages to be incredibly funny for much of the time...
...victims of sexual violence than the average flier-reader is aware of. It is vital to both combat the attitudes that lead to sexual violence and create a supportive environment in which survivors can freely express their emotions about what happened to them. But the purple ribbons are essentially meaningless. It would not hurt anyone to wear the ribbon, but what would it accomplish beyond a momentary acknowledgement of a serious societal problem...
...attacks against the World Trade Center have no rationally defensible justification, the suicide bombings, although reaching the deepest levels of barbarism and cruelty, at least are directed towards achieving a just goal—an independent Palestinian state. But when murder of innocents is the means, the ends become meaningless and unimportant. Every terrorist, whether from Hamas, al Qaeda, the IRA, or any other such organization, thinks that his ends justify his means. As a practical as well as a moral matter, therefore, it is unacceptable to distinguish terrorists from one another based on their perceived goals, for doing...
...tangible arguments in defense of their principles. At long last, however, some of the PSLM’s defenders have taken up the issue of “coercion.” They contend that the distinction between a coercive and a non-coercive action is ambiguous and ultimately meaningless. While it is encouraging to see that they haven’t forgotten the issue altogether, their arguments in defense of “coercion” as the most effective tool in the worker’s arsenal reveal that their understanding of the question is woefully inadequate...
...come at a terrible cost. And what burdens me more than anything is, whatever good has come out of this for me personally--and there has been good, because I don't think I've ever been more integrated than I am now--it is totally meaningless to the people who are still hurting because of me, directly or indirectly. Whatever benefit comes to me is almost salt in their wounds, in a sense...