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Richard Simons, a Colorado psychoanalyst and writer on masochism who attended the session, agreed with Spitzer. "It's not scientifically valid to throw out a category merely because it might be misused," he said. Otherwise, Simons seemed to embrace the entire feminist position. Psychiatrists confronting battered women should not sit around pondering categories, he said. They should get out of their chairs and get the woman some physical protection. "The first thing you do is protect life and limb. A psychiatrist has that responsibility like anyone else." But in the current climate, could a psychiatrist find that a battered woman...
...drawn few hoorays from local businessmen. Says Jim Arthur, president of California Lifestyles, a maker of souvenir sportswear: "The notion is absurd. If the name of the city isn't in the public domain, then what is?" The courts may ultimately determine if the chamber's claim is valid...
Curran contends that none of these traditional teachings on sexual morality have been defined infallibly, and that theologians are thus free to dissent from them. But Rome reads canon law differently. Says one official at the Vatican: "It is valid to withhold assent [privately] in certain circumstances, but it is not valid to teach dissent." Curran protests that he is not alone, characterizing his views as "mainstream" and "accepted by the majority of Catholic theologians today." Nine former presidents of the Catholic Theological Society of America agree, and are circulating a pro-Curran petition...
...nations. Free trade and democracy can result only in economic growth and political stability. The power of political and social solidarity that the E.U. provides has been proved over and over again to be the right choice for progress. Unfortunately, however, personal prejudices and lack of knowledge often hinder valid decisions by the people who are voting on the constitution...
...nations. Free trade and democracy can only result in economic growth and political stability. The power of political and social solidarity that the E.U. provides has been proved over and over again to be the right choice for progress. Unfortunately, however, personal prejudices and lack of knowledge often hinder valid decisions by the people who are voting on the constitution. Tom McMurtry St. Paul, France The Class of 9/11 Thank you for the insightful, compassionate story on the U.S. Military Academy and the profiles of three graduates [May 30]. They are very different yet are terrific in their individual ways...