Word: unjustness
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...Jauchem have obviously made a conscious effort to speak to a wider group, supplementing the simplistic, philosophical messages with a little soft-sell social and political commentary. The reasons for Oblio's banishment (caused ultimately by the whim of an affronted evil Count and the quirks of an unjust legal system) seem intended to bring up the issue of judicial injustice. Either the injustic should be made more real, or the issue should be left out altogether. Later on, however, the tone becomes more lighthearted and even witty...
During the presidential election of 1872. Anthony led 16 women in voting. Jailed, she was found guilty and fined $100, which she refused to pay, saying that she would continue to "rebel against your man-made, unjust, unconstitutional forms of law, which tax, fine, imprison and hang women, while denying them the right of representation in government." And later at her trial she added: "I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. "Resistance to tyranny is obedience...
...goals should now be reoriented to the realities of the situation, as disclosed by the study. If necessary, goals may be redefined in terms of immediate, intermediate and longtime. If there are just grievances, action should be taken to eliminate them. If they are unjust, the true facts should be presented to those suffering from ignorance or prejudice...
...predemocratic era of the Founding Fathers; that explains Fairlie's protest against words like "ghetto" and "minority," which he claims isolate groups in society. Purity of speech and word is possible only when all groups in society share equally in the national wealth. Where some groups receive an unjust share, the oppressed will naturally raise their fists angrilly and shout words--jumbled, incoherent, even ungrammatical, but words nonetheless--that express their needs and thoughts...
...institution, committed to sheltering "scholars" who promote racist ideas, while systematically discriminating against minority students. Harvard admits that many blacks believe this, yet it does not recognize that their attitude is based on reality and that it consitutes a searing indictment of the functions of the university within an unjust society...