Word: mutuals
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...Catholicism without original sin. Suddenly, Catholic guilt melts away and they have a voice, an opinion. Burning a Bible or a Torah may certainly catch my attention; I’ll even tolerate it. Yet the real basis of religious toleration isn’t really free speech, but mutual respect. Civil discourse, when it actually happens, is the bedrock of our society. Once religious groups start arguing based on reason instead of justifying their actions with the pretext of “faith,” they’ll earn credibility and I’ll force myself...
...Men”) as Peter Lyman, the son of a British Lord who Sondra meets—and subsequently falls for—while investigating a string of murders. Most of Allen’s skittishness seems to be rooted in the loss of the mutual understanding he had with New Yorkers, and the need to find something similar in London. A few delightful moments of Woody Allen 101 ensue, as when he explains to a British Lady, “I was born into the Hebrew faith, but I converted to narcissism.” As unexpected culture shock...
...Your story convinced me that Taiwan should also catch up with the trend, not only in learning but also in keeping Mandarin alive. Languages are the communicative bridges and tools among people and countries; they can create mutual understanding, trust and harmony in the global village. Taiwan should join the world in learning Mandarin to maintain and even boost its economic competitiveness and reduce cultural clashes within Taiwan and with China. Song Xiaowen Zhongli City, Taiwan...
...South Korea during the Korean War and were once famously said to be "as close as lips and teeth." But their longtime alliance has become increasingly strained as China modernized its economy and prospered while the North remained isolated and stagnant. "China and the D.P.R.K. have enormous mutual distrust in spite of the fact that they have an alliance on paper," says Michael Green, who was senior director for Asian affairs for the Bush White House's National Security Council and met with Chinese officials to talk about nuclear proliferation issues in 2004 and 2005. One of Beijing's concerns...
...Israeli view on what overwhelming displays of force can bring: "A living people makes enormous concessions ... only when there is no hope left. Only then do extreme groups lose their sway, and influence transfers to moderate groups. Only then would these moderate groups come to us with proposals for mutual concessions." That could have been written last week. In fact, it is from a 1923 pamphlet by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, whose ideology inspired the Likud Party. If it speaks for Israeli policy today, the summer's guns will not soon fall silent...