'If 2014 had a grand theme, it was testicular absence'

“(S)tudents at Harvard Law want ‘trigger warnings’ on criminal-law lectures covering sexual assault; some students have requested that such questions be excluded from exams on the grounds that the subject is so traumatic as to cause them to perform less well; others have gone so far as to advise students to ditch classes when the subject comes up and to advocate that sexual-assault law be excluded from the law-school curriculum; other sensitive souls have for similar reasons asked that that the word ‘violate’ be excluded from conversations at the law school – not merely in the sexual context but in the context of statutes and contracts as well. If we call law-breakers ‘violators,’ some are sure to feel offended; but it is as sure that if we called them ‘offenders’ some would say they felt violated. Trying to use the English language to communicate under the conditions these people imagine is like trying to communicate in sign language while wearing oven mitts.” – Kevin D. Williamson, “The United States of Anxiety”

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/395160/united-states-anxiety-kevin-d-williamson#!

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