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...before sex, which might lead to some wastage among overly optimistic users but shouldn't otherwise interfere too greatly with the normal course of coital events. An even greater advantage, or at least a more naturalistic one: unlike the injectable drugs, which when efficacious produce an erection regardless of context (famously proved by Dr. Giles Brindley, a leading British impotence researcher, who once demonstrated a successful experimental treatment by dropping his trousers in front of hundreds of astonished colleagues at a conference), Viagra merely paves the way for the possibility of arousal. Erections must still be achieved the old-fashioned...
...Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations invited Ashrawi to speak on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. In her talk, she explained the meaning of this anniversary for Palestinians in the context of an analysis of the Middle East peace process...
Lowell House's removal of the poster was certainly a sensitive response, and arguably the right one because, perhaps, the context in which the print was displayed was inappropriate. But it is more difficult to argue, as Hayes and others do, that the poster's content is racist, particularly without considering the identity of the artist...
...decoration. Nonetheless, these issues are debatable. Political correctness is somewhat on the wane, but we are still hypersensitive to offending people. So the instant a student charges that the poster hanging in her dining hall is "racist," it is immediately removed--without discussion or an examination of the relevant context...
...when the fear of offending someone causes us to sanitize our surroundings, to eliminate from the context of our daily lives art that forces us to consider sensitive issues. Racism comes in many forms, including art, but with the accusation of racism comes the responsibility of substantiation and discussion--both of which are conspicuously absent in this case...