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...those who intentionally and threateningly advocate terror, without creating vague crimes that could give prosecutors a fishing license. Shami Chakrabarti, the director of the human-rights group Liberty, thinks a better solution is to enlist moderate Muslims in the war on terrorism through "a universal human-rights framework." That means, she says, "Salman Rushdie should be free to write books they might not like; but also that Muslim women should be free to wear the veil too. When applied evenhandedly, free speech is not the enemy of minorities, it's their protection." So does that mean the answer...
...Dialogues” is about many things, but mainly it examines individual pain, oppression, and human frailty within the framework of a larger conflict...
...longer a debate; it is a power struggle. We have to calm down. We don't want laws preventing people from being free to speak. But we should also not forget wisdom and decency when we are dealing with people. Democracy isn't just a legal framework. It is about respecting one another...
...Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR) is finally brought before the Faculty in the coming semester, its focus will shift from broader issues of general philosophy and overall framework to finer details of implementation. Chief among these unresolved details is the pressing issue of how and when to transition from the Core Curriculum to the new system. Because of the deficiencies of the Core and the ostensible simplicity of a transition, the best course of action for current students is “instant implementation”—getting rid of the Core and moving all students...
...Turkey - account for 90% of the world's shipbreaking industry. But increasingly, countries that break up ships are learning that they pay a price: workers' safety standards in the yards are notoriously low, and some countries object to being a dumping ground for richer countries' toxic waste. The legal framework around shipbreaking, like much in the maritime business, is murky. In 2004, the signatories of the 1989 Basel Convention, which regulates the transport of hazardous waste, agreed that a ship bound for demolition could be considered as such material, and hence is subject to strict rules on its movements. France...