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...when a film did take a compassionate approach to homosexuality, the mainstream press could pounce on it with cavalier ignorance and captious contempt. A review of the British drama Victim, about a barrister fighting the law that made homosexuality a criminal offense, took offense at the movie's "implicit approval of homosexuality as a practice ... Nowhere does the film suggest that homosexuality is a serious (but often curable) neurosis that attacks the biological basis of life itself. 'I can't help the way I am,' says one of the sodomites in this movie. 'Nature played me a dirty trick...
...acknowledge their mystical connection with the land and its ruling spirits. Above all, the movie is driven by conviction. We can, if we wish, sit back and smugly identify Australia's sources, which range from Giant to Red River. Or we can grant these characters their innocence, their implicit belief that all their undertakings are without precedence in this history of popular storytelling...
...expecting the 130,000 Tibetans in exile, or the 5.5 million in Tibet, to suddenly shift course away from the official position: the so-called Middle Path of negotiating for genuine autonomy while remaining part of China. Talking about independence can be taken as an implicit criticism of the Dalai Lama and thus considered taboo among many Tibetans, but this week's talks have brought those views into the mainstream. Leaders of the main pro-independence activist groups were invited to be among the 550 delegates, and their opinions will be incorporated into its final report. "Overall...
Lieberman easily won the vote on Tuesday allowing him to keep his positions, but he might not have been so fortunate without the implicit backing of President-elect Barack Obama, the same man whom Lieberman said so many nasty things about during the race for the White House. Yet Obama wasn't just acting out of bipartisan goodwill. In supporting Lieberman's continued inclusion in the caucus, Obama may have effectively defanged his toughest potential opponent in the Senate Democratic caucus. If Lieberman is anything, as he proved with McCain, he's loyal - and now he owes Obama...
...politics has not traditionally been allowed to pervade is the dinner-table discussion. I was happy to learn that, at Harvard, people tend to openly break that “rule.” Issues are argued, ideas shared, and in-depth analysis of current events discussed during meals. Implicit in this violation there is (or should be) a collective agreement not to become offended or incensed; such dialogue ought to be valued as a learning experience, not derailed by hurt feelings...