Word: moralization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hurry. "You lost your health/Never had no wealth/So tighten up your belt/As you gather dust on some self." Coomes has gained a reputation among indie-pop circles for writing nihilistic lyrics that make the script for "Fight Club" read like a kids' book. The song concludes with the moral of the story: "Others have it worse/So smile/It's not so bad." Somehow, Sam doesn't seem convinced...
Panelists talked about subjects ranging from the religious targets of certain hate crimes to the moral justifications some use when arguing that hate crimes deserve harsher punishments than other crimes...
Panelist Emily N. Tabak '00, a government concentrator whose thesis is on hate crimes, said such acts are worse than other crimes not because of the moral abhorrence of their motivations, but because of their moral effects on society...
What Hugh P. Liebert has in essence said (Column, Nov. 9) is that Christianity can be used as a legitimate justification for "deep-seated moral qualms about homosexuality" and thus Christian students should not be forced to have gay roommates, for reasons of "potential sexual attraction and its attendant discomfort...
...malleability of sexually based First Amendment protections - at what point do erotic dancers become simply a vice for consumption and not a form of expression? "Every court is uncomfortable when it has to deal with sexual expression as a First Amendment interest, against the societal interest in maintaining moral order," says Sanders. He also notes the difficulty in predicting how the court will fall on the issue, since it comes down to the moral views of each member. Clarence Thomas may want to avoid delivering the opinion on this...