Word: writs
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...Discussion of Christianity's dark hours has not been his penchant. Moreover, the position Benedict took in Regensburg--that Islam and violence are indeed essentially connected--worked as an opening gambit but doesn't leave much room for either side to maneuver. People asked to flatly renounce their Holy Writ generally don't. And Benedict has little give--because first, he seldom says anything he is not prepared to defend to the bitter end and second, if he retreats now, he risks being accused of the same moral relativism that he rails against...
Chast's cartoons are like entire novels compressed into 4-in. by 3-in. rectangles. One consists of four panels showing ordinary people just reading, sewing, cleaning. The title: "Tuesday Night Fever." It's Madame Bovary writ small. Then there's the one showing the front window of an "Adult Book Shoppe," which displays such salacious titles as Making a Will and What Is a Mortgage...
...Iraq." On Tuesday he drove home the point, ordering an end to the U.S. military cordon around the Baghdad Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City - a demand with which the U.S. military complied. Although U.S. troops don't take orders from the Iraqi government, refusing to heed the writ of that democratically elected government would make the U.S. military presence in that country untenable. The U.S. did point out that it had been consulted by Maliki, although that discussion appears to have occurred less than an hour before the announcement was made...
...economic opportunities, the work opportunities, the sense of stability and security it gave to people's lives. And economic security provides people with a sense of optimism. It's not the only thing in life but it's quite important. See, it's not really within the writ of government to condition the human soul. That is for individuals, according to their values...
...cartoons of the Prophet, you can do jail time for publicly "ridiculing or insulting" any recognized community's religious beliefs. That's the problem with free speech: the principle is fine, the application is very tricky, and never more so than in the age of cultural rage. Statutes writ in black and white transmute to a fog of grays upon contact with the passions of competing groups and the difficulties of balancing individual conscience against social cohesion. Some limits, such as libel laws, are considered legitimate to protect individuals, while other restrictions, such as those that regulate obscenity, supposedly protect...