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...assault weapons - and under the 1996 National Firearms Agreement (NFA) these were all but banned. At huge cost, the government bought from their owners some 650,000 of the newly prohibited guns, which police destroyed. It also implemented mandatory gun licenses and registration of all firearms, helping to restrict to 5% of the population the number of Australian adults who owned or used guns last year, down from...
...offers is that since no whole animals are killed, the eating of in vitro meat is not a problem. This technicality raises some serious ethical questions. Is a vegetarian who eats in vitro meat still a vegetarian? Similar problems can easily be imagined for any other individual with dietary restrictions. For example, Jewish kashrut and Islamic halal both restrict the consumption of pork. Would pork grown in vitro or tissues that taste like pork but are different from any living animal fall under the restrictions? The same scenario can be imagined for Hindus who don’t eat beef...
...pollution controls as well, but he did not give specifics. Those measures will be key because research has shown that even if Beijing could eliminate all its homegrown emissions, pollution from the surrounding region could push the capital's air to dangerous levels. The capital is also expected to restrict the use of private vehicles during the Games...
...NCAA does and should have other considerations, such as making ad revenue, when making programming decisions. It is unreasonable to demand that the NCAA substantially alter its advertising for a very modest reduction in underage drinking and a small increase in safety. While we do not support putting formal restrictions on the NCAA, we believe that it has a responsibility to its viewers and the public to adhere to a standards befitting a collegiate organization. The beer ads that it runs should promote safe drinking, and it should not target people under the legal drinking age. That said, Faust...
...this latest piece of legislation, which arose during the heat of the primary campaign and may surface again later this month, McCain sided with Bush in opposing a further restriction of CIA techniques. Despite the claims of some partisans, McCain's decision was not a flip-flop, but rather the continuation of a position he took in 2005 when he first championed a bill to restrict the Bush Administration's ability to mistreat detainees...