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...fragile an institution, apparently, is straight marriage that the presence of any other sort of marriage might nullify it entirely. What is most surprising about the many false arguments marshaled by those who oppose same-sex marriage is not how absurd they are, how tired, how hollow-sounding??it’s that, with logic that so half-heartedly masks the irrational and old-fashioned bigotry underneath it, conservatives bothered to put on the pseudo-sensical...
Just as some firms have historically discriminated against applicants with “black-sounding?? names, who’s to say others won’t reject Chanel? Perhaps they don’t want to hire someone they suppose is conceited. Chanel, Del Monte and Infiniti become victims of commercialization. They become what they eat, wear or drive; and they are judged accordingly. Chanel’s personality, intelligence and achievements become trivial, as she is valued on factors outside of her control...
From our own historical vantage point, so concerned as we are with issues of violence and war, it would be difficult not to hear the “sounding?? of Kandinsky’s “first hour” as an ominous peal, a thunderclap, a clash of cymbals—announcing the end, if not of the world, then at least a certain way of perceiving it. Or perhaps it serves as a warning against excessive optimism...
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