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Nevertheless, the social norms approach has its critics. One of its most vocal detractors, in fact, is Henry Wechsler, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health...
...religion has been dogged by criticism since its inception. The Church of Scientology’s vocal detractors have called it a cult of personality and a hucksterish pyramid scheme. Former members have accused the religion of harassment and extortion, in some cases filing legal suits. Some European countries, including Germany, do not recognize Scientology as a religion. And a 1980 “Reader’s Digest” article quotes Hubbard as saying, “If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion...
...more vocal and public we are, we let the perpetrators know that they are the ones who don’t belong in our community,” she added...
...despite our numbers, we can’t make that much noise, not just because we are saving our voices for section, but because we are an unorganized mass in search of a leader who will channel our collective vocal capacity towards one transcendent goal. Turns out that leader is you, guy who can bang the drum really loudly on crucial third downs as the rest of us—temporarily forgetting that we are saving our voices to dazzle our TFs—shout, “DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE!” Yes, you will...
Unfair trade and debt policies have been siphoning away Africa’s wealth for decades. Now that the G8 (perhaps in response to our voices) has promised to cancel some of Africa’s debt, we need the same kind of intense vocal pressure to call for new trade policies that allow African nations, companies, and people to fairly negotiate and trade on the global markets. This is the only path out of poverty I can see for Africa, and it will be nearly impossible to achieve without the voices of concerned people in countries with the power...