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...extent, man has already altered himself and his planet. Scientists can only guess at the genetic toll from radioactive fallout, chemical contamination and other assaults on the environment. Even man's noblest impulses are apt to offend against nature. While improved medical care assures the survival and reproduction of those with genetically caused mental and physical defects, it also ensures that an increasingly larger percentage of the population will be heir to these illnesses in years to come. Geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky succinctly expresses the ethical dilemma. "If we enable the weak and the deformed to live and to propagate their...
...ubiquitous KGB could undoubtedly arrest all the key members of the protest movement in one sweep. Why don't they? One explanation may be that the regime does not wish to offend the scientific community, whose members ensure a flow of sophisticated weapons. Another explanation may be that the leaders have learned that large and powerful nations can tolerate a certain amount of internal dissent without coming apart at the seams...
...CHINA: "In my time we took great care never to offend China until the Chinese actually started to crucify us. And when they did start to crucify us, well, I'm no Jesus Christ, and I didn't have to turn the other cheek." On his final visit to Peking, in 1959, Khrushchev tried vainly to get Mao Tse-tung's permission to build a radio in China that would reach Soviet submarines. Mao's reply: "No! We don't want you here. We've had foreigners on our territory for years...
...stand up. Now he has. Instead of making his speech as he usually does, without text or even notes, he says: "I wrote this speech myself, nine drafts of it. This wasn't a product of the public relations department. It was pure Haack. I knew it would offend some members, but I felt strongly." Haack admits that "it could lead to my being fired," but the opposite may be just as true. By speaking out publicly, Haack made his opponents within the exchange appear to be standing in the way of progress. He has also propelled himself into...
...unconvincing psychology. Sarah is an American ideal: unquestionably believing in her lover's dreams, she gives her life completely over to him. Danny is, as Sarah's father derisively claims, a middle-class Jesus. And the father himself is totally reprehensible; his self-centredness and irresponsibility would offend anyone of any class or generation. As types. these characters are all terribly stilted and mechanically directed; while we would normally accept actions which challenge initial conceptions of character, when Korty's characters diverge from type, they noticeably cut against a general narrative argument...