Word: notionalism
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...right to show their religion, meaning Muslim schoolgirls can't wear head coverings - an act, you might say, of symbolic speech. This week, British Prime Minister Tony Blair will try once again to get Parliament to ban "direct or indirect encouragement of terrorism," including its "glorification." That's a notion his critics believe could snare not only those who groom teenage suicide bombers, but also a sincere, peaceful advocate of revolution in, say, Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe or Kim Jong Il's North Korea. Even in liberal Denmark, at the center of the row over the cartoons of the Prophet...
...Administration defends its controversial wiretapping program, struck many observers as more than a little curious. According to Townsend, the White House declassified the details of the 2002 plot because most of the leads in the investigation had been exhausted. A senior Administraion official brushed aside the notion that the speech was timed to this week's grilling of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over the NSA program, noting that today's speech has been in the works since last year. "It takes forever to sign off on declassification," the official said. Townsend wouldn't confirm or deny if the NSA wiretapping...
...whenever and however they wish. According to Fernando Robledo, 42, of the western state of Zacatecas, many Mexicans “have a binational life.” They see the U.S. “as part of our life, our culture, our territory.” This notion, while touching, is rooted in fallacy. Mexican citizens may see the U.S. as their territory, but this does not make it true; the Unites States is a sovereign nation, and part of being a sovereign nation is being able to define the nation’s boundaries. Mexicans who violate these...
...shots that found the goal’s posts and netting, but never its mouth. “We turned the tables and tiled the ice in the third period, but it was too little, too late,” said Donato, who invoked his tried-and-true notion that “catch-up hockey is losing hockey.” LET’S GO TO THE VIDEO Boston University scored its fourth and game-winning goal with 1:34 left in the second frame, but the play was reviewed, and subsequent replays raised some questions. The Terriers...
...making normative value judgments about the relative merit of specific fields of study. To declare some skills more important than others and steer the population accordingly threatens the right of American citizens to choose their majors and occupations. At the center of a democratic government is the notion of liberty and choice— the liberty to say what one wishes, to believe what one wishes, to profess what one wishes—all without fear of governmental reproach. In that vein, this legislation should not have the power to effectively make such a normative judgment through its allocation...