Word: taboo
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...took in his confrontation with the hard-liners five years ago. As Culture Minister, he was widely appreciated for permitting relatively free circulation of books and films. But he was undone by his support for director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, whose films Nights of Zayandehrood and Time of Love dealt with taboo subjects like adultery and suicide--and hinted that tyranny did not end with the Shah's departure. Outraged conservative mullahs forced Khatami out and imposed a cultural crackdown that still continues...
...ends her coming-out episode sitting awkwardly in a lesbian coffeehouse, unsure of how to comport herself in this new environment and with this new knowledge of herself. It's actually kind of poignant. The character is also denied an affirming liplock with her female love interest--a former taboo that was long ago shattered by L.A. Law, Roseanne and, earlier this season, Relativity (men kissing men, on the other hand, remains...
...truth is that 1997 is not so far from 1967 or 1937. Where the taboo topic of race is concerned, in fact, 1997 is not so very far from 1619 when African slaves were first brought to America. We have so terribly far to go. And we will never get there--to that land of equality, freedom, liberty and justice for all--if we do not recognize exactly where...
...touch of bravura was uniquely Swarttouw, but the candor about voluntary death was typically Dutch. While euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide remain taboo subjects in much of Europe and are contentious topics in the U.S., they have been openly debated and researched for more than 20 years in Holland, which has a record of pragmatism in dealing with thorny social issues like drugs and abortion. Euthanasia is still, under Dutch law, a crime punishable by up to 12 years in prison. But in fact, the Netherlands has tolerated the practice for more than a decade, and the number of cases...
...however, may suggest that the current system works just fine: a statute outlawing assisted suicide, loosely enforced, will be reluctantly violated by doctors when necessary but will still express society's view that euthanasia--whether practiced by relatives, health-care organizations or a government out to save money--remains taboo...