Word: prohibitively
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What I'm doing is ethical. Laws that prohibit you from being free with your consciousness are un-democratic. - ANANDA SCHOUTEN, Dutch wholesaler...
...Ananda Schouten says France has the most restrictive laws, but looser rules in Germany and Britain have spawned dozens of full-fledged smart shops in those countries. Schouten claims to take a missionary view of his business. "I think what I'm doing is ethical," he says. "Laws that prohibit you from being free with your own consciousness are undemocratic." Sitting outside PuraVida, Roberto Bartoccini, 21, agrees. He is a fan of the new store and their "charge-up" drinks for his occasional nights out on the town. But, he says, there's one product still missing. "This is great...
...that Hong Kong?where more than a million people took to the streets in the runup to the June 4, 1989, killings?would become a center for subversion. So in the second draft of the Basic Law, they amended Article 23 by adding that the territory should legislate to prohibit "any act of subversion against the Central People's Government." Beijing's attitude toward Hong Kong then could be summarized in one word: control. Now, because of the constraints of the Basic Law, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and his officials?whom we should assume are essentially good people?have...
...Florida camp had 24-hour sentries, a well-lighted security fence--and no reports of child abuse, according to the Pasco County sheriff's office. It was perfectly legal under Florida law, which--like most other state codes--doesn't prohibit anyone of any age from being naked at home, in locker rooms, at nudist resorts or in any other areas where nudity is expected. Lewd behavior is outlawed in public and private, say Florida legal experts, but not mere nudity...
...Comfort, which gave food and shelter to Kurdish refugees after Saddam crushed their rebellion. The goal: to lure these American soldiers out of private life and back into action. "We wanted them for the places they'd been and the people they knew," said a top officer. Army rules prohibit the service from relying on more than 100 retired commandos at any time; by mid-March, a top Army official told TIME, 88 had been tapped to return to the region...