Word: rejections
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...purchase of a garment signifies many decisions, some of which we may not even be considering: what markets we are going to support and reject, how important status is to us, how genuine the expression of this garment is, and if it is genuine, whether our agreement with it is, as well. These represent larger, life decisions that dictate how we live and why, what we believe is important and why. These are things that are done, not to advertise to others how we live, but for our own sake, to satisfy our own sense of what is right...
...country in question has a relatively accountable and democratic political system, then the answer is no—we should allow those states to adopt or reject domestic policies as they see fit. We ought not to assume that a nation’s elected representatives are less concerned with their citizens’ well being than we are. On the other hand, we cannot assume such beneficence from regimes that are not accountable to their people. There is doubtless much room for improvement in the domestic policies of nations such as China, and we should use the carrot...
According to the complaint, the amendment violates the students’ “First Amendment right not to endorse or associate with employers who reject the Law School’s non-discrimination policy and message...
...instances like Sarah’s, we justify accepting a friend we can’t stand with social etiquette. We insist it’s rude to reject someone. This person has taken the time to invite us as a friendster, and it is common courtesy to accept. Besides, what is so bad about having someone’s picture linked to your profile on a silly website that people visit when mindlessly procrasterbating...
...Gibson accepts the gospel accounts as historically accurate, there is nothing in this stance that is inherently anti-Vatican II or anti-Jewish. The fact that virtually all academic scholars of ancient Judaism and ancient Christianity reject the accuracy of the gospel accounts, arguing that the gospel writers have, among much else, substantially exaggerated Jewish complicity in Jesus’ death, is neither here nor there. Gibson, as a believing Christian, has every right to prefer the word of the New Testament over the word of university professors. If Gibson chooses to elaborate the story with non-scriptural scenes that...