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WHILE "cruelty" is one of those legal concepts difficult to define, clear and extreme cases are generally agreed upon and covered by current laws. But many animal "rights" decisions are subjective, requiring personal ethical choices. Will the time come when the production of animals for meat is considered "cruel" and punished by the state? Who will determine the real meaning of the strictures put forth in Question 3? Luckily, this proposal has a clear answer...
...condemnation of oppression. Having campaigned against racism in our country, apartheid in South Africa, the iron fist of Pinochet, the atrocities of the Khomeni regime and against funding of Contra terror and death squads in Central America, we cannot turn a blind eye to the oppression visited upon the Palestinian people as they try to end Israeli occupation. One and a half million have been protesting day after day for almost a year, sacrificing their lives by the hundreds and enduring beatings and torture by the thousands. They ask only for the same right of self-determination desired...
Question 5 calls for the U.S. Representative from this didstrict to vote "in favor of a resolution calling upon Congress to stop all expenditure of U.S. funds for Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza," and demands that Israel end its violations of Palestinian human rights...
...Limited partnerships] are a legal form ofinvestment in which certain rights of the limitedpartner and the general partner are discussed andagreed upon beforehand and which usually lastabout 10 years," Cabot said. He said Harvardinvestigates the previous actions of generalpartners before investing in arrangements withthem but cannot rule on the firms' actions oncethey are involved in a long-term contract...
College campuses are, at their best, a forum where students can actively debate and act upon ideas that are often not so well tolerated in the world after graduation. When students are spun out into the real world, hopefully they will carry with them lessons they have learned about living with students from a variety of backgrounds, with a variety of concerns...