I object to accusations of repression behind an initiative established with the best intentions to retool otherwise delinquent youth with the capacity to lead meaningful, dignified lives and contribute to the development of their country.
It was 1963 when President Kennedy signed the first major legislation that provided rights to persons with mental illness and intellectual disabilities, which recognized that disabled persons have the right to a dignified life; that the disabled are contributing members to society.
Cooper, in real life getting sick with the cancer that was to kill him three years later, makes one last, successful effort to prove he could be a consummate screen actor and Cobb contributes a dignified performance that does not entirely preclude our sympathy.
Blythe Gaissert was a dignified, vocally assured Dido, who contributed some stylish ornamentation and sang her closing Lament movingly.
Scenery-chewing performances by Mr. Oldman (as the scrofulous, misogynist congressman who leads the smear campaign), Mr. Bridges as a Clinton-Johnson presidential amalgam and Ms. Allen as the dignified and high-principled nominee contribute to the fun (Holden).
On the one hand, it is argued that euthanasia might contribute to a good, dignified, "civilized" death, for example by preventing distressing forms of suicide.
Other arguments in support of euthanasia were that it contributes to a good and dignified death (11%), that people requesting euthanasia should not be abandoned (5%), and that euthanasia prevents horrible suicides (5%).
Dr. Kass rejects being labeled, saying he considers himself "a thoughtfully serious human being who's trying to contribute to a more decent and more dignified world".
The prevalence of this kind of comedy contributed to the rise of the canard — "meme" is too dignified a word — that women are not as funny as men.
Instead, they should see them for what they are and treat them accordingly: namely, as individuals who contribute to their corporate profits and who deserve a right to dignified employment in return.
