Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...academic uses. But what of the use of the net for more. Shall we say, "private" endeavors? Pornography has always driven new media; recall, if you will, the popularization of the VHS VCR, fueled largely by the availability of skin flicks on VHS format. Without touching upon the moral and social argument which surrounds the issue of erotica, the fact remains that people want to get off, and they want it in large enough numbers to warrant a huge industry devoted toward that end. The available new media in this case is the Internet, and its users have wasted...
Sarah Winters '95, co-chair of Women Appealing For Change (WAC), in a succinct statement which captures the moral poverty, intellectual bankruptcy and overall vacuity of that entire enterprise, told Harvard Magazine that last year's boycott of the final clubs was intended to make "the men think about their reasons behind wanting women there [at club parties]," and would not be repeated this year. However, Winters continued, "for some women the boycott was a difficult thing and many women were unwilling to give up two years of final club parties...
...Pico Iyer reveals both the implications and the presuppositions of the modern relativist view. It is no surprise that placing mercy over justice would lead a man to uphold someone like Soviet double agent Kim Philby, an operative of the bloodiest dictatorship in history, and receive no moral condemnation for it. What may not be obvious, though, is how the lack of moral integrity today stems from an intellectual failure, the epistemological humility that refuses to hold anything as certain. Greene's noted ambiguity and his writing of plays like Yes and No are just two examples. The thinker...
...completing the dramatic comeback, Harvard claimed a moral victory...
Also sweeping the Bible Belt is the crusade for the "truth" in the Paula Jones scandal. Conservative Christians have rallied to support Jones and her accusations against the President, and their moral indignation has been expressed in financial contributions to her legal fund. This money funds the manufacture of yet more hysterical rumors and ridiculous allegations...