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Equally theatrical, of course, was the media's depiction of the American judicial system in the person of Judge Julius Hoffman. By focusing on Hoffman's personality as the cause of the defendants' grossly unjust treatment, it tended by implication to minimize the fundamental injustices of American courts. What would otherwise have appeared to be a matter of straightforward political repression suddenly became the last-gasp salvation of an expiring 74-year...
Though he is broad-minded in some areas of theology (he is a graduate of liberal Colgate Rochester Divinity School), Jackson has a view of the Negro recalling the old-fashioned suffering servant image from Isaiah. Christianity, he argues, permits protest against unjust laws but not rebellion against civil order. "The difference between Negro Christians and white Christians." says Jackson, "is the meaning of the cross of Jesus Christ. Our forefathers were cross-bearers. They believed in it. You can't build a great church preaching hate, envy, and revenge, and sending the people out on the street after...
After discussing his feelings with several ministers and rabbis, he concluded that "my religious beliefs compel me to regard the Vietnam war as immoral and unjust and I cannot contribute in any capacity to an immoral...
...factories during the day could return to the language, food and customs of the "Old Country" at night. Boston's North End retains this flavor to this day. In these Little Italies, non-resident landlords took advantage of the immigrant, overcharging him for sub-standard housing. This was unjust, but there were no laws to prevent it. For many, much of their 60-hour a week salary as a factory worker, often in what we would call sweatshops, went towards paying the rent. This forced women and children to work under many conditions. Education was also a goal for these...
...millions of Americans. Watching the Vikings and the Cowboys collide, many a football buff can relive those long-ago days when he played third-string tackle for David H. Hickman High School. To rob fans of these priceless moments because of the traumas which stadiums cause would be unjust indeed...