That's why they're taking draconian steps against North Carolina's Moral Monday movement.
From the Criminal Justice Bill of 1994 that sought to problematise "sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats", to the more recent spate of nightclub closures, it's a history typified by moral panic and draconian policy-making.
From the Criminal Justice Bill of 1994 that sought to problematize "sounds wholly or predominantly characterized by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats," to the more recent spate of nightclub closures, it's a history typified by moral panic and draconian policy-making.
I would also like to suggest that Joe Nocera take a deep breath and a step back and wait for everyone to have his day in court before sending out any more draconian prescriptions for Penn State University to "reclaim the moral high ground".
Sister Simone is the leader of the "Nuns on the Bus" campaign, which toured the country to bear witness against Paul Ryan's draconian budget plan and to ask Congress for "a moral budget serves all, not just the wealthy".
Promising less crime and less punishment, this approach includes elements that should appeal to liberals (it doesn't rely on draconian prison sentences) and to conservatives (it stresses individual choice and moral accountability).
The irony of this argument, of course, is that accomplishing these prerequisite moral upgrades would require a social gate-keeping system as intrusive and draconian as any attempts to police the use of particular enhancements themselves.
Which is of course not good enough – if the state is going to take such draconian action as to remove a child from its parents then it is surely a moral imperative that the substitute parenting the state puts in place is far, far better than that from which the child was taken.
He has now joined another élite corps — the Vice Versa Virtuecrats, they might be called — whose members crusade against "moral relativism" and in favor of absolute standards of right and wrong backed up by draconian punishments while indulging themselves in devilment on the side.
Horror film-maker Jake West directed a comprehensive 2010 documentary about the pre-certification era, Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship and Video- tape, and has now made a follow-up, Video Nasties: Draconian Days, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the VRA and dealing with its after effects.
