The 1974 Jackson-Vanik Amendment, by linking trade to the emigration policies of Communist countries, sent a message that certain basic freedoms would not be compromised.
She moved from utopianism ("When you want to change everything, you're forced to oppress") to more modest commitments — Bosnia, human rights — and from a relativism that could forgive Communist regimes their little transitional problems to an absolutism requiring that all societies honor certain basic freedoms.
That vision is far different from the one articulated by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her speech in January 2010, "Remarks on Internet Freedom," in which she argued that "it's critical that its users are assured certain basic freedoms".
And that's why we believe it's critical that its users are assured certain basic freedoms.
The legacy of "Mythologies" falls short of the complete smashing of signs, the "semioclasm" Barthes wished for in his 1970 preface — neither he nor anyone else has solved the problem of why certain basic human longings for freedom, or heroes, or cleanliness attach themselves so easily to travel guides, bicycle races, plastics, and laundry detergent.
The legacy of "Mythologies" falls short of the complete smashing of signs, the "semioclasm" Barthes wished for in his 1970 preface neither he nor anyone else has solved the problem of why certain basic human longings for freedom, or heroes, or cleanliness attach themselves so easily to travel guides, bicycle races, plastics, and laundry detergent.
Though I could find no study showing a correlation between generic depression and intelligence, psychologist James Webb suggests that highly intelligent people are more likely to suffer from what he terms "existential depression," which entails struggles with certain basic issues of existence: mortality, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness.
"We think that it is very important for us to be sensitive to local culture," he said, "but we also think that there are certain basic principles that all nations should uphold, and respect for women and respect for their freedom and integrity is an important principle".
While people in a minority (those wanting freedom of choice, say, or freedom of marriage) may prefer to move into the majority, it should not be necessary to be in the majority to have certain basic rights.
Torture is rampant, basic freedoms suppressed.
We were willing to sacrifice basic freedoms.
