Word: self
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), the Human Rights Program, the Harvard Law School and other campus groups sponsored "Writing Under Fire: Freedom of Expression and the Colombian Peace Process," a panel discussion about self-censorship and the ongoing Colombian peace process...
Cavelier described one reaction as what he termed "self-censorship...
...They receive death threats and phone calls, and in Bogota and in the rest of the country are forced to use self-censorship. But it's our role to tell things as they are and as they happen," he said...
...have the facts in his favor: "we have admitted that smoking causes cancer, what else do you expect us to do?" And surprisingly, few would realistically respond, "stop producing cigarettes." Is that because the American business ethic is still stronger than the health ethic? No, it just means that self-castigation is the new means to self-promotion. After all, we are all becoming public health puritans, and this is precisely the sentiment to which Philip Morris is now catering...
Indonesia is still in a very delicate state of recovery. It has passed its first democratic test, but it faces enormous economic problems, and its sense of self is fragmented at best. The eccentric pairing of the blind cleric and the mute princess will not enjoy a long honeymoon...