Taboo
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But a negative by-product of a policy which allows doctors to practice euthanasia is that the
taboo
against terminating human life diminishes.
Even in the past, there was no
taboo
against homosexuality in Indian culture and social practice; it was the British Victorians who introduced it.
But for new nuclear states like North Korea, one cannot be sure that the costs of violating the
taboo
would be perceived as outweighing the benefits.
Similarly, a
taboo
against using poisonous gases in warfare developed after World War I, and the 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibited the use of chemical and biological weapons.
A more fruitful approach to normative controls on cyberwarfare may be to establish a
taboo
not against weapons but against targets.
The
taboo
would be reinforced by confidence-building measures such as promises of forensic assistance and non-interference with the workings of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs).
Today, the topic of political reform is
taboo.
The ban against ethnic and racial data is a
taboo
that should not be overthrown easily, and not without carefully weighing the risk to social peace.
Though she would not be the first woman president (Rousseff broke the gender barrier) or the first from humble origins (Lula broke that taboo), she would be the first mulatto – darker-skinned than traditional Brazilian political leaders – to hold the office.
But, until now, it was
taboo
to discuss Putin’s private life publically.
So let us speak frankly, facing a taboo, about what it means to be a senior woman leading effectively: it means that one will occasionally contradict a man, however politely; overrule a man, however courteously; disregard a man’s strategic advice, no matter how gently the decision is put; and tell a junior man, however tactfully, that he is not performing well enough.
Until now, it has been denied an effective national political role, because it has been quarantined by respectable conservative parties, who enforced a generally effective
taboo
against dealing with the Front.
That
taboo
disintegrated after the March regional elections in France.
The
taboo
against collaboration with the National Front was officially reaffirmed, but in reality it has been seriously weakened.
Kissing and fondling in public, even by spouses, is
taboo.
Evil has indeed often been the agent of good (without Hitler, no United Nations, no Pax Americana, no European Union, no
taboo
on racism, no decolonization, no Keynesian economics, and much else).
The World Cup and African WomenNAIROBI – When I was born, 25 years ago, it would have been rare – even
taboo
– to find African women discussing soccer.
Of course, strategic autonomy, long a
taboo
in Germany, will have to develop incrementally, through joint Franco-German military programs.
It used to be that even mentioning corruption in some official circles was considered
taboo.
There was good news, however, in that the Stockholm summit witnessed the first signs that the EU may at last be creeping, crab-wise, toward an idea hitherto taboo: that the European Union may require an immigration policy.
Breaking the
taboo
of never mentioning corruption, in 1996 the Bank’s then president, James Wolfensohn, identified the “cancer of corruption” as a major burden for the poor in developing countries.
If trade, competition, and technological progress are to power the next phase of capitalism, they will have to be paired with government interventions to redistribute the gains from growth in ways that Thatcher and Reagan declared
taboo.
Hence the
taboo
on certain words, phrases, and arguments that imply that certain individuals, groups, or practices are superior or inferior, normal or abnormal; hence the search for ever more neutral ways to label social phenomena, thereby draining language of its vigor and interest.
It has become
taboo
to describe homosexuality as a “perversion,” though this was precisely the word used in the 1960’s by the radical philosopher Herbert Marcuse (who was praising homosexuality as an expression of dissent).
The
taboo
against criticizing Putin is already powerless.
The
taboo
against incest runs deep, as the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt demonstrated when he told experimental subjects about Julie and Mark, adult siblings who take a holiday together and decide to have sex, just to see what it would be like.
In the case of the incest taboo, our response has an obvious evolutionary explanation.
Growing up in a society where talking about sex is
taboo
meant that she did not understand what sex was, let alone that it could result in pregnancy.
Europe is making a fundamental mistake by allowing the two key elements of any resolution of the crisis – namely, debt restructuring and real stress tests for banks – to remain
taboo.
Overt Monetary Finance and Crisis ManagementBill White’s commentary responds to my argument, set out in a lecture at Cass Business School, that overt monetary finance (OMF) of increased fiscal deficits should not be a
taboo
policy option.
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