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...political vacuum that has existed since 2004, the main beneficiaries of free movement seem to be criminals. "The bicommunal activity to have benefited most from the 2003 opening of the green line," says one U.N. official, "is crime." Dozens of suspects wanted on charges of fraud, rape, attempted murder and other serious crimes are escaping justice simply by crossing the green line to the other side of the island. Nightclubs on both sides of the line have become a destination for traffickers bringing women from Eastern Europe, according to a recent U.S. State Department report. In a rare sign...
...price of living in an open society is that we are liable to find ourselves contradicted, offended, and distressed at every turn. We pay this price because we are aware of the alternative. However sincere the desire of the writers to protect the emotions of rape victims, their call is one we cannot heed. The world has yet to see the act of censorship that was not advanced as an attempt to conserve, defend, or uphold. To paraphrase Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the proper answer to posters you do not like is not fewer posters, it is more. Their article...
...Abortion rights are a divisive and emotionally-charged issue. But HRL’s posters, which charging rape victims who have had abortions with murder, go beyond the pale of civilized debate. By stating that these women sentence their fetuses to “the death penalty,” HRL displays a total disregard for the emotional state of rape victims—both those who have had abortions and those who have not—on Harvard’s campus. Many rape victims, even years after their ordeal, experience Rape Trauma Syndrome (RTS), which can cause them...
...Harvard is a campus that prides itself on tolerance of others, regardless of their backgrounds, personal beliefs, and moral decisions. Unfortunately, HRL’s posters violate this tolerance by attacking rape victims on a very personal level, prioritizing an ethical stand over the health of fellow students. These assaults, moreover, are not beneficial to the campus discourse. Certainly, HRL’s posters incite debate. But because they do so at the expense of rape victims, they turn what ought to be a healthy, educational discussion into a vicious polemic of name-calling, in which the attacked individuals likely...
...purpose is to educate its student body, and in doing so, administration, professors and advisors seek to create a tolerant and comfortable environment for all students. The real world, as many of us will soon find out, is not always so tolerant or comfortable. But just because rape victims may encounter hostility outside of campus does not mean that campus organizations should compromise their mental health while they are at Harvard...