Word: nevertheless
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Robert A. Katz's April 5 editorial, "Not So Simple," was a well-written and logically sound attack on the tactics of protesters who recently shouted down a Contra spokesman. Nevertheless, he neglects several points which should be considered in any disscussion of the Contras' "rights to free speech...
...truth and others must be shielded from other opinions. Again, Contra atrocites exist not in my political opinion but in reality; this is an objective fact with ample documentation. I admit that some may think it is arrogant for me to assume I know what's right and wrong; nevertheless, I will venture to assert that the Contras' behavior is objectively wrong and no moral subjectivism can justify passively accepting...
Finally, I have a hard time accepting Katz's distinction between murdering innocent American civilians and innocent "foreigners." Perhaps he is correct that the latter is often considered a legitimate instrument in achieving some greater good. Nevertheless, I would hesitate to condemn those who reject this morally perverse assumption...
...week reports from the scene dispelled any doubt that the Nicaraguans had blatantly penetrated Honduran territory. Yet the size and significance of the invasion remained in dispute, and even some Administration officials conceded that it had been somewhat exaggerated, given that Sandinistas and contras regularly tangle along the border. Nevertheless, like Muammar Gaddafi's fitful missile attack on the U.S. fleet in the Gulf of Sidra, the Nicaraguan incursion provided a suitable pretext for showing U.S. military might in the region...
...companies spent more than 5 percent of their operating earnings on community development, education, and training programs. "It is more likely that American companies can only play a very marginal role in a course of events that must be determined by South Africans themselves," President Bok accurately points out: "Nevertheless, American companies can at least improve the lives of their own employees, provide material support to educational and social action organizations, and add their voice to the protests against the apartheid regime...