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...Consider those cases in which outside values trump the patient's expressed desire. The first is life. Even if the patient asks you to, you may not kill him. In some advanced precincts - Holland and Oregon, for example - this is thought to be a quaint idea, and the state permits physicians to perform "assisted suicide." That is a terrible mistake, for the state and for the physician. And not only because it embarks us on a slippery slope where putting people to death in the name of some higher humanity becomes progressively easier...
...freedom from sexual curiosities ... The unsatisfied desire to see that which is customarily forbidden incites many children to unwise or immoral acts ... Nudist children spend much of their free time at the park with their families; they are therefore less likely to join motorcycle clubs." One still hears such quaint sentiments today. It's common for nudists to claim, without evidence, that nudist teens are less sexually active than nonnudist kids...
...ironically funny and peculiarly quaint—some of the world’s brightest and most motivated students would never cut corners like this, right? Well, to Harvard students (and seniors, in particular), this concept is only funny insofar as it’s ostentatiously true and only quaint insofar as even this sophisticated effort to obscure one’s cluelessness is no longer even really necessary...
Blumenthal, a political journalist, joined Clinton's staff in 1997, and the book's best chapters cover his wide-eyed first days on the job. He was installed in a quaint little office that used to be the White House barbershop, and soon enough he was kicking back watching Air Force One on Air Force One. He was in wonk heaven. "Being in the West Wing," he writes, "was like being in a turbocharged think tank that was also the ultimate political clubhouse that was also the office of the assignment editor for the nation's press." But it wasn...
...unassuming-looking Sacramento St. house, where food is cooked and served, is a warm, quaint labyrinth of spacious rooms decorated with politically-charged posters and a hodgepodge of collected pop culture memorabilia. Generally, meals are eaten in a casual dinner table setting and are open to visitors. The offerings cater to Dudley’s primarily vegetarian and vegan population...