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...there any good reason to print that article? Was there any reason to print it other than that the article made an interesting story. If so, such a lack of ethical judgment is shocking. Who in the community (this is a community newspaper) was supposed to benefit from the news or information in the article? The article concerned a person who violated state law and then accepted the state's punishment for his violation...
...moral judgment must take into account the alternative. Israel cannot stand alone, and if it is abandoned by its friends for not meeting Western standards of morality, it will die. What will replace it? The neighbors: Syria, Jordan, the P.L.O., Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Ahmed Jabril, Abu Nidal (if he is still around) or some combination of these -- an outcome that will induce acute nostalgia for Israel's human-rights record...
...moral judgment that refuses to consider the alternative is merely irresponsible. That is why Israel's moral neighborhood is important. It is not just the neighborhood, it is the alternative and, if Israel perishes, the future. It is morally absurd, therefore, to reject Israel for failing to meet Western standards of human rights when the consequence of that rejection is to consign the region to neighbors with considerably less regard for human rights...
...were to make this kind of judgment about people of color -- say, if I demanded that blacks meet a higher standard in their dealings with others -- that would be called racism...
...After Battling Illness," Feb. 13]. As residents of Cabot House and members of the Harvard community, we are dismayed by the poor taste The Crimson showed, particularly in the headline and in the first sentence of the story. We hope that in the future the Crimson will exercise better judgment in handling stories of this nature. Stephen C. Brown '91 Neil S. Segall...