Word: moralizer
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...fundamental part of Lincoln's moral compass was his opposition to slavery. But it took him a long time to embrace black people. We were raised with a fairy-tale representation that because he hated slavery, he loved the slaves. He didn't. He was a recovering racist. He used to use the N word. He told darky jokes. He resisted abolition as long as he could. But in the end, he was on an upward arc, one that was quite noble...
...appreciated. Our days as the world's policeman are over, and that's a good thing. Let's lead in other, better fights, such as global warming and disease eradication. This would be not only economically smart but also far more effective in creating the goodwill and moral capital that have always been our real sources of power and influence. Charles Johnson, ST. PETERSBURG...
...Kennedy, like many other anti-Israel academics, attempts to reduce the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a complex puzzle to a simplistic moral fable in which the apparently stronger Israelis, by dint of their strength and success, are always wrong and the apparently weaker Palestinians are always right. But he obscures basic facts of history and geography and misrepresents fundamental principles of human rights and international...
...disappointed in your choice of Hugh Hefner for 10 Questions [Jan. 26]. His statement "Embracing sexuality is part of what it means to be free" makes sense until one remembers that actions have consequences. Many of our moral, social and health challenges today--unplanned pregnancies, poverty, AIDS, STDs, etc.--are a result of the sexual freedom Hefner so eagerly promotes. These problems will not be solved by encouraging more sexual freedom. Allison McKee, ARLINGTON...
...given to all households who lost family members to the Troubles, whether the victim was civilian or military, Catholic or Protestant, the target of an explosion - or the person who died setting the bomb. "We are still fighting about who was right or righter, who had moral justification, and who had God on their side. And we are still terrified that if we acknowledge the grief and the moral position of others that it will dilute our own," said Eames...