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...late. This advantage is conceded to the dictator but is felt that in the long run under a democratic system, the united support of the people once the war is decided on, will prove to be a balancing factor. It is true that in the meantime democracy will suffer strategic defeats that may jeopardize their ultimate hope of victory - but that is the penalty the must be paid. In the end it is felt the democratic way is the best...
Legalization would result in numerous other benefits. Medical marijuana patients would no longer suffer legal limbo or social stigma from using marijuana to treat nausea from chemotherapy, glaucoma, or other conditions. Infringements on civil liberties and racial profiling would decline, since victimless crimes are a key cause of such police behavior. Quality control would improve because sellers could advertise and establish reputations for a consistent product, allowing consumers to choose low or high-potency marijuana...
...reasonable suspicion” that seemed to entail nothing further than “looking” like an illegal immigrant remains unacceptable. More horrifying, perhaps, this bill will negatively affect the nation’s Hispanic and Latin-American communities, who will undoubtedly be the first to suffer from profiling and the last to have...
...Black and White would suffer its first loss of the season against then-No. 2 Stanford. Faced with strong tailwinds and frigid weather, Radcliffe fell to the Cardinal by nearly 12 seconds in the varsity eight race. And though the Black and White took home the loss, the 2V boat’s strong performance—the crew finished 7.5 seconds ahead of Stanford in its race—reflected the team’s improvement over the course of the season...
Many proponents of banning full veils in public places argue for it as a means of liberating women who currently wear them, believing they suffer under an oppressive culture. However, this argument is invalid on several grounds. First, it assumes that women who wear the burqa are uniformly forced to do so, which is simply untrue. Like all personal choices, women decide to don this attire for many reasons—some good and some bad, some based on coercion and some on freedom. To tar all burqas with the brush of oppression is condescending and inaccurate. Furthermore...