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Even if wearing the headscarf expressed political opposition to secularism, continuing to ban it may be the riskier move for the secular republic. Powerful interest groups, as well as the general public—60 percent, according to one opinion poll—oppose the headscarf ban, and over 400 members of Turkey’s 550-member parliament voted for its repeal. Maintaining the ban despite such opposition would only foster further resentment against the government and its secular policies. The past generation has witnessed the ferocious backlash that can result against a blanket secularism imposed tactlessly, most notably...
DISSENTING OPINIONS: Occasionally, The Crimson Staff is divided about the opinion we express in a staff editorial. In these cases, dissenting staff members have the opportunity to express their opposition to staff opinion...
...foreign service is not competent to do the job that they have undertaken in Iraq," wrote Manuel Miranda, citing "an excuse-making culture," "willfully negligent if not criminal" management, a "built-in attention deficit disorder," and "information hoarding." (The State Department has dismissed Miranda's charges as the opinion of one individual, saying they are not shared by the vast majority of officials serving in Iraq or Washington...
...tomorrow’s meeting. While professors have many commitments and duties, even the busiest can afford to spend a few hours on a Tuesday afternoon to act on issues of concern to students. Not only will a vote with higher turnout better reflect the Faculty’s opinion, but high attendance will ensure that the meeting has the quorum necessary to pass binding legislation...
...According to recent polls, 77 percent of French people believe Kerviel is a “victim” of the system. Bruno Jeanbart, a French pollster, told Bloomberg, “French opinion perceives [Kerviel] as a man in the street, overtaken by the system.” That was just the tip of the iceberg. The popular French daily Le Monde addressed Kerviel as a “hero of our time” on February 2nd, and that same day, Le Figaro revealed that only 13 percent of people believed the trader was responsible for the scandal...