Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most basic objection to the poll is that the questionnaire reached only 43 per cent of the class. People who filled out the poll, the argument continues, were more highly motivated to get their answers recorded than those who did not bother to answer the questions. Therefore, the logic concludes, most of the people who are against the war had their answers tabulated, while the "silent middle"--the 57 per cent who weren't polled--are probably a good deal more conservative. The poll was therefore not representative of the class...
This same desire for contemporaneity, the letter went on, has led to a number of errors that now threaten the church -such as the argument that the primary need in Catholicism is not "conversion to God" but a rebuilding of structures, and that the priestly ministry is not a special divine gift. In deploring the "derelict priest," who has scandalized the faithful by leaving the church, the bishops argued that the meaning of the priesthood cannot be made relevant in purely humanistic categories. "It is not the Christian vocation to canonize the human condition as such or to lament over...
...some extent this argument depends on terminology rather than fact. Today we have heard our situation described in religious terms, moral terms, political terms, legal terms, and psychological terms. Very few of us are at home in all these different modes of speech, and each of us habitually uses only one of them to talk and think in. But what is happening today should make it clear that that these different modes of speech, all overlap one another and they often all say the same essential things. Albert Camus, who struggled in a more serious Resistance than ours, believed that...
...whole bit, played their game perfectly, just what they wanted. At first when you're doing this, you feel that you're doing something good: striking a blow against the system. Hah, you're going to make them read your file, have a big argument, a showdown, and then you're going to pass out leaflets at your physical...
...imprisonment brings thousands more kids into the Resistance. People in SDS have argued that we're all silly romantic idealists and martyrs, offering ourselves up on the altar to be slaughtered by the government. I think that argument misses the point that sometimes martyrdom can be useful. By our actions, we galvanize other people into similar acts. There is a whole new generation of energy. It reaches not only the guys who take the step, but also their parents and friends. Let's face it, these are the sons of some powerful, influential people. For whatever selfish reasons, their parents...