Word: punish
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...Brown Daily Herald printed David Horowitz's provocative advertisement arguing against reparations for slavery and then stood up against the fools who tried to punish it for doing so. We noted with surprise that you rejected the ad (News, "Ad Kindles Outrage," March 7): surprise because we thought The Crimson stood for freedom of the press and courage in exercising that right...
...this a case of poetic justice? Surprisingly, BC and its coach Al Skinner decided not to punish Harley or Bryant after the January incident "until all the facts were known." One must wonder whether that decision was based upon the merits of an innocent-until-proven-guilty philosophy or the importance of maintaining team chemistry on a then-undefeated basketball team. In any event, it was immensely ironic that Harley was kept on the team only to make the costliest error of the season...
...government defends its reluctance to send even indicted war criminals to the Hague, citing the risk of political instability if it acts too fast. But the reverse is also true. "If we want to build a normal society, we need to face the truth about these crimes and punish the perpetrators," says Natasa Kandic, head of a local human-rights group, the Humanitarian Law Fund. Anything less would be getting away with murder. --With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Washington
...Chrzanowski appeared to be in deep trouble. Levin sorted through the evidence and then, amazingly, determined that Chrzanowski had done nothing worthy of removal--or even suspension--from the bench. Levin wrote that channeling cases to "close personal friends" was a common practice and that he couldn't punish Chrzanowski for behavior that "other judges have and...will continue to indulge in." As for the misstatements to police, Levin concluded the judge had not lied because she had "no deliberate intent to deceive...
...managed to create an impression on the Palestinian street that if he's going to punish Palestinians, he'll punish Palestinian Authority people rather than the man and woman in the street. So they're actually quite hopeful. Sharon knows that he has the backing of all Israelis if he's perceived to be retaliating for Palestinian violence against Israelis. So Arafat has to be careful to avoid pushing things to a point where Sharon wins the support of all Israelis...