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...there is a difference between doing things that are morally wrong, like lying and gossiping, and outright breaking the law. I understand that even though we are all guilty of minor moral lapses, we should still judge, condemn and punish those who commit pernicious crimes such as rape, murder, and theft. The question is whether someone who committed plagiarism is worthy of moral condemnation, and if so, to what extent...
While the unmitigated glee some have shown towards Kaavya has clearly been unjust and unwarranted, it needs to be made clear that her behavior is not acceptable. But the role of passing judgment and of meting out punishment belongs to the authorities; in the case of rape, murder, or theft, it is not the community that passes judgment but rather, the courts of law. In Kaavya’s case, judgment will and should be passed by the Administrative Board of Harvard College, her publisher, and perhaps the courts. As a community we should refrain from mercilessly condemning her actions...
...When you’re taught all these rules, you really accept things as fact,” Durang says of Catholic school and “Sister Mary.” “As I child, I just accepted it: You go to hell for murder, you go to hell for just about every sex act, almost, and you go to hell for eating meat on Friday. That’s the kind of thing the play looked at.”“I just thought everyone else had come to that conclusion...
...putting steps together and dancing on stage,” she says.Cloud sought to demonstrate this vision in the piece she choreographed to Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” for Expressions’ performance this past fall. “It was a murder story packed into four-and-a-half minutes. I was really able to show the dancers what I meant by thinking about more than just steps, because everyone had to know the character they were playing in order to execute their movements to the fullest.”Always seeking...
...legal or illegal flows or the separate issue of political asylum - is no longer seen as a marshy reservoir where far-right fringe parties toss cheap rhetoric to xenophobes. That changed after Sept. 11, and particularly after Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, having suggested that the Netherlands was "full," was murdered in May 2002. Sarkozy's comments primed France for a divisive debate in the French National Assembly this week over a new, tougher law on immigration. In the run-up to last month's regional elections in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke approvingly of more rigorous citizenship tests. "Citizenship cannot...