Word: thought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...question is not one of timing or foot-dragging. It is one of an impression of overall responsiveness--of whether there will actually some day be a comprehensive, well-thought-out framework for proposals on low-income housing construction (preferably low-level), public transportation, municipal bond underwriting, redlining, crime-fighting, etc. Carter's "let's work with what we have" attitude, combined with his reuqirement for rebuilding the cities--that it not come at the expense of a balanced budget and strong defense--does not bode well for those issues or the future of the nation's cities in general...
...such an environment because I had assumed that intelligent people, which I have subsequently found Harvard students to be, would be liberal and enlightened in their moral and political attitudes. Not so. They are bound by precedent and existing sentiment; they do not necessarily make decisions that arise from thought and responsible evaluation...
...same-sex love is as obvious as my parents' right to express their heterosexuality. Most of the homosexuals here sense the obviousness of that right. There are only a few fools. It is the heterosexuals, who have nothing at stake, that fail to give evaluation of the right much thought; they offer prejudice instead, or, nearly as unfortunate, indifference...
Anyway, I thought we could sorta get together this morning--no, please, don't leave, this will just take a few minutes, I promise--'cuz we got some big things to discuss...
...issue has generated so much emotion that informed, rational debate is impossible now," he said. "The 18-month moratorium is a unique opportunity to educate the public on a complex subject. Time is on the side of rational thought on this issue...