Word: unfairnesses
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...might annoy them, but it’s no cause for outcry or debate. On the other hand, mixing up the names of two people within an ethnic minority seems to represent a more damning error, a revealed ignorance of diversity within that ethnic group. This double standard is unfair. Mixing up two people of the same race only betrays lack of a properly attuned eye, not dormant stereotypes or racist tendencies...
...while this unfair and archaic rule deprives the Ancient Eight of the chance to attain the national prominence and respect it deserves, it also allows for the existence of a phenomenon that’s uniqueness and importance is derived from the abrupt termination of Ivy play after the tenth week of the season: The Game...
Politics and religion is an unholy duo indeed; the pairing, which seems to form naturally, ends up hurting both its constituent parts. Religion’s positive attributes are overshadowed by its particular use as a political tool, and it seems unfair and unhelpful to enforce religious values on a diverse population in a participatory democracy...
...virtually every other sport, whether it's extra innings in baseball, overtime in basketball or a playoff in golf, both teams or players competing get an equal opportunity to win. But the format for overtime in the NFL is different, and inherently unfair. If the game is tied after four quarters, the teams play a 15-minute, sudden death overtime period in which the first team to score wins. Which means that whichever team wins a totally random coin toss to determine who gets the first possession has a better shot at winning the game. In fact...
...crackdown on dissent clearly aimed at intimidating the population," said Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, in a statement from the New York-based rights group. "These peaceful activists should not be on trial in the first place, let alone thrown in prison for years after unfair trials...