The activist argument is that if tech companies don't have to pay taxes (or fines), they should somehow be responsible for protecting the community in other ways.
Observe that while every energy policy dispute has its own unique set of activists, arguments, lawyers, NIMBYs, activists, financial backers, trade groups, regulators, and elected officials, the battles are all driven by the same ideal: the ideal of eliminating fossil fuel use and using green energy instead.
(The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative referred HuffPost back to Obama and Froman's remarks when asked for a point-by-point response to activists' arguments).
Asked about activists' arguments that homosexual soldiers are unhappy under the "don't ask" policy, Baugh pointed out that the federal law crafting the policy states that homosexuality is "incompatible" with military service.
As she waited for a car to pick her up, Nechama Marcus, a graphic designer, patiently listened to an activist's arguments.
A group of former Newport Beach City Council members weren't trying to chill anyone's free speech when they unsuccessfully sued the city clerk and a local activist over arguments opposing a local ballot proposition, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.
Ms. Hawkins, indelibly radiant in "Happy-Go-Lucky," underplays Rita as an all but egoless common-sense activist whose argument for women's equality boils down to a simple statement: "It's the right thing to do".
This process should be rigorous and fact-based and should seek to anticipate activist counter-arguments to the company's position.
But pro-gun activists reject arguments like Maia's, insisting the shooting in Suzano should not weigh on the decision to loosen carry laws.
