Word: moralisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Awww hell," Lee said. "He's just got a lot against me. You see, I'm the Jiminy Crickett of the team -- the moral conscience. He won't let me pitch. I feel like Jiminy Crickett getting crushed by a jackboot," he muttered...
This concentrated, unrelenting application of mass terror by the United States was not the product of a temporary moral lapse--a theory which appears to be in vogue. On the contrary, it was a calculated effort to crush a decades-old struggle against colonialism, an attempt to keep Asia safe for imperialist plunder. Fortunately for the Vietnamese, it was not successful...
That an unabashed apologist for the air war has occupied a key position in an administration allegedly devoted to "human rights" is not accidental. The "human rights" facade of the Carter White House is merely an attempt to refurbish the Vietnam-tattered moral authority of U.S. imperialism, in order to build support for future Christmas bombings...
...half-way point the outcome of the meet was no longer in question. The Crimson runners were sitting pretty and everyone knew it. Northeastern's graduated Flora twins, who watched this contest from the sidelines, could only shake their heads and mutter obscenities. The Huskies needed more than their moral support to pull out this...
...MOST discouraging aspect of the Philadelphia fiasco was the editorial response from the local media, whose members are composed primarily of white, cautious newswriters and editors. These papers make money because of the numerous middle-class white subscribers throughout Philadelphia and its expansive suburbs. The media reflected the moral casuistry of its readership, failing to face the essential moral question that begged to be raised throughout the days surrounding the event: What is wrong with a society that causes alienated, frustrated groups of people such as the members of MOVE to arise? If our society is as perfect...