Word: neutralize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...catalogue's descriptive paeans are seldom graphic about the weapons' deadly effects. Usually the language is willfully neutral: one shell that spews out steel pellets is merely "useful to engage massed infantry at close quarters." But peddler's enthusiasm can overcome the technocratic blankness. A 105-mm artillery piece is "robust" and its "lethal punch" is thus "ideal for use in tough limited war conditions in all climates." One transport is a "tough, roomy, dependable" aircraft, and the catalogue says of the AEL 4111 Snipe aerial drone for antiaircraft gunners: "The morale effect on weapons crews...
...talks here, Will mounted an attack on these basic premises. We have, he said, "too much freedom." In a society that allows such freedom it is assumed that government, by inaction, can and should stay neutral in forming its people's morals. "But the one thing government cannot do," Will contended, "is nothing"--by avoiding moral questions government actually accepts and encourages material self-interest and the desire for instant gratification...
...avoid being accused of meddling in Greece's internal politics, the U.S. has remained studiously neutral. But NATO'S commanders are not so circumspect. Says an officer assigned to the Southern Command: "If Papandreou does what he's said he's going to do, it could be a considerable threat." Supporters of the present government are hoping that the forceful Papandreou may have peaked too soon...
...first two addresses, Will traced the origins of the prevailing belief that states should remain morally neutral and argued that this view will lead to a flawed society...
Discussing political thinkers from Plato--"designated hitter of the philosphers' lineup"--to Hobbes, Locke, Machiavelli, Burke and Madison, Will traced the roots of the prevailing belief that government should be neutral on social values and why he feels this viewpoint is "wrong...