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...leftist guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) stand between the authorities and the drug traffickers, fighting the FARC inevitably becomes part and parcel of the war on drugs. But the Pentagon and a number of U.S. legislators believe the aid puts Washington on a slippery slope to direct involvement in a four-decades-old civil...
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...many civil libertarians with a sour taste in their mouths. Some take issue with the notion that the addition of a G-string and pasties on a dancer would reduce the crime and other problems associated with erotic entertainment. Others warn that once you begin to limit speech, the slope becomes very slippery. "In past cases the Court allowed municipalities to use zoning to limit nude bars," says Sanders. "Now they're saying you can actually regulate the content of speech, and that's dangerous ground." Still others argue that if you censor erotica, the public will find other ways...
...slippery slope," Falcon said. "There are political realities, but it's important to work against limits that might...
However reactionary it may appear, the E.U.'s action is in many ways an understandable response to the current political environment in Europe. After almost 50 years of relative democratic stability in most E.U. member nations, the prospect of Austria's coalition government leading the subcontinent down a slippery slope towards fascist governance is highly unlikely. But the prospect that the new Austrian government will set a precedent for middle-right/far-right coalitions throughout Europe--a political landscape that has been kept in balance in the post World War II era by moderate/middle-right coalitions--is not so far fetched. Austria...