Word: taboos
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These are issues which should be widely aired. At stake may be nothing less than our collective survival. The fact that these matters have up until now been taboo in the "marketplace of ideas" raises serious questions about the state of our first amendment freedoms...
...point is not that Israel and South Africa are the only countries in the world with deeply flawed policies. Rather, it is that both countries do indeed have flawed and oppressive policies, and that there should be no immediate and arbitrary taboo against discussing them in the same breath...
...first six months of the Bush Administration, agnosticism about Gorbachev was an article of faith. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater went so far as to call him "a drugstore cowboy." Moreover, it was virtually taboo to use any form of the verb "to help" in the same sentence with Gorbachev. Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell accused the Bush Administration of "status quo thinking" and exhibiting an "almost passive stance." Bush's attitude began to change when he visited Poland and Hungary in July. His hosts impressed on him that their survival, not to mention their success, depended on Gorbachev...
...name Jesse Jackson is taboo with her. If anyone ever tries to tell you that all Black people like Jesse Jackson, just tell them to visit my home, Camp Conservative. In the same manner as her father, this woman believes that the Rev. Jackson is a "hypocrite" and an "opportunist...
...common is that they are renowned for using patronage and corruption to put themselves beyond the reach of the law. By tackling such formidable figures head on, Salinas has given notice that he is willing to uproot the status quo to enforce his policies. "There is not a single taboo that remains in place," says Luis Rubio, head of the Mexico City-based Research Center for Development. "Nothing is unthinkable in Mexico anymore...