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...First Amendment only so long as it was disassociated from whatever was considered really bad behavior--sexism to feminists on the left and sexual promiscuity to traditionalists on the right. (It's worth noting that the more extreme feminist protests of sexual misconduct, which helped shape the date-rape debate, made sexual promiscuity seem a kind of sexism, or false consciousness.) Liberal faith in the inherent value of saying something--anything--was abandoned. The act of speaking was considered only as valuable as the content of the speech...

Author: By Wendy Kaminer, | Title: Media Regulation Takes Away Rights | 3/22/1996 | See Source »

...value" is included in this ban; "indecency" is defined as a "patently offensive" description of sexual or excretory activities or organs.) Federal law now treats any "indecent" cyberspeech between consenting adults that children may hear as a criminal offense, as if it were a form of seduction or statutory rape. This provision is being challenged in federal court and should not stand; enforcement of it has already been temporarily enjoined...

Author: By Wendy Kaminer, | Title: Media Regulation Takes Away Rights | 3/22/1996 | See Source »

...finally included Muslims," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "But the Hague court was never biased. They have been doing the best they can with what little resources and information they have." Zejnil Delalic, a former Bosnian government army officer, was indicted for allowing guards under his authority to murder, rape and torture prisoners at Celebeci camp in central Bosnia in 1992. Zdravko Mucic, a Croat and the commander of the Celebici camp, was indicted along with Hazim Delic, deputy commander at the camp, for murders allegedly committed by their subordinates. Also charged was Esad Landzo, a guard at Celebici camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War Crimes Tribunal Indicts 3 Muslims | 3/22/1996 | See Source »

...same argument applies to the examples of rape and retarded children. If we would not accept third-trimester abortions in those cases, then the fact of the rape or the retardation is not what justifies the abortion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Abortion Supporters Must Address Fetal Development | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

...third-trimester abortions is not that they present added danger to the mother but instead that we believe the older fetus has a right to life comparabale to that of a newborn baby. If a young fetus is morally equivalent to an older fetus, then the arguments about privacy, rape, retardation and the mother's right to choose do not provide adequate justification for abortion. If the young fetus is a rights-bearing person, then the staff's points are outweighted; if the young fetus is not a rights-bearing person, then the staff's points are superfluous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Abortion Supporters Must Address Fetal Development | 3/21/1996 | See Source »

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