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...biggest joke in the world." In Taiwan, Chan's remarks got supporters of President Chen Shui-bian to stop debating the poll results and focus on savaging Jackie instead. "Old people should retire," vented one furious participant on an Internet bulletin board. "Chan looks limp and wrinkled, lacking proper manners in his 50s." Wrote another: "He's an ignorant person making ignorant comments, and a poor Hong Konger who knows nothing about democracy." Chan's father was a secret agent for the Kuomintang on the mainland pre-1949, and in the past Chan has worked with Beijing, which doesn...
...this is to say that Israel knows morally that “the proper place for terrorists is a jail cell,” but Israel cannot always place them there. Consequently, placing them in a graveyard can be morally justified when killing is more beneficial and less costly than leaving the terrorists alive and free to kill one’s own citizens. Moral decisions are not made lightly in Israel, and The Crimson is in no place to judge their ethics...
Your article "For Better Or For Worse?" [March 8] described the upsurge in semilegalized gay marriages. I am disappointed that marriage licenses for same-sex couples are being issued without the proper laws in place in all our states. To avoid a major conflict between gays and heterosexuals, we need to have this issue addressed now, before more mayors seek their 15 minutes of fame. We should not have to wait years for the legal remedy of the constitutional ban that President Bush supports. SALLY FLORENCE Durango, Colo...
...proper place for terrorists is a jail cell, not a graveyard. Until Israel accepts this, the cycle of violence will continue...
...appropriately enough in a 1998 movie titled Wag the Dog—and the media’s talk of “vetting” reflects an interest in returning to values Americans want in their leaders. This is what vetting is all about: fitting candidates into their proper political boxes and figuring out which constituencies they woo best, be it the soccer moms or the NASCAR dads. Clearly vetting is not a very nuanced process—for media characterizations it’s the sound bytes that sell...