Word: paternalisme
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When smokers' rights are curtailed in traditional smoking havens, from baseball bleachers to California bars, the opponents of smoking are no longer invoking concerns for their own health. Rather, they have adopted an unnerving paternalism. Smoking, to them, is a dangerous, disgusting life choice; so they presumptuously erect barriers against...
The danger in this campaign--even for non-smokers--is that it asserts that the healthiest lifestyle is the only viable one. Should it be found that active smokers tend to live longer than sedentary non-smokers, our treasured liberty to do nothing may go the way of our liberty...
"Diff'rent Strokes" and "Webster:" Who do they think they're kidding? Wealthy, white paternalism (complete with cool pad) meets needy black child(ren).
"I'm completely opposed," he said. "I think itdemonstrates an utter lack of respect for studentsand is an example of Harvard's paternalism at itsbest."
But even if cable TV aired only mind-numbing drivel, students should still have the choice to waste their time. Harvard should not deny students cable based upon what they think of the quality of the programming. Such paternalism is not the administration's role. More importantly, a cable wire...