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...Bomb’s status as a recognized campus publication because of concerns that it would include pornographic content. In the end, the College allowed H Bomb to be published—in making the decision, administrators cited, among other things, the prospect of a “slippery slope??—and the Undergraduate Council allocated $2,000 to the magazine...
Others fear a paternalist “slippery slope?? of government regulation: next we will see attempts to ban alcohol, cigarettes, or even sugars. However, there is an important distinction between these products and trans fats, namely that consumers can weigh the risks of the former with their benefits, whereas trans fats provide no benefits, only risks. Furthermore, restaurant patrons are often unaware that their meal even contains trans fat. Simply labeling foods that contain trans fats is near impossible to regulate in restaurants, where ingredients are not usually listed...
Vest, who last spring organized a special conference at MIT after his panel discussion at the Forum, said he thought an undefined “sensitive” category could lead to a “slippery slope?? in restriction...
...Slippery P. Slope ’06 elected for the medically validated prophylactic alternative: buttsex. However, dismissing pharmacists’ warnings in the heat of the moment, they decided to decongest her anal cavity with the most readily available viscous fluid in the room: DayQuil (non-drowsy). Slope??s subsequent allergic reaction and rectal hemorrhage, deposited timeless proof of the law of unintended consequences all over the bed—which, fortunately for Slope, belonged not to her but her roommate, who returned later that night and, after careful consideration, elected to sleep on the futon...
...will comply with recent governmental restrictions as much as is required, Vest maintained. But constraints established in the name of national security could initiate a “slippery slope?? effect, he warned, severely compromising academic freedom at the nation’s top research institutions...