"I wanted to revisit the issue but take the notion of repair a step further," he said.
In current debates about criminal justice reform, institutionalized racism, systemic economic injustice, and related issues, the notion of human dignity has emerged as key.
The case, he wrote, "raises a host of complex constitutional issues"; the notion that the government's authority could include "the regulation of a person's decision not to purchase a product" was new to the federal courts, the judge concluded, and so the state's protest could not be dismissed outright.
But as much as he wants viewers to enjoy the visceral thrill of the show, it's also clear that Mr. Ball sees "True Blood" as a way to engage larger cultural issues, the notion of how we respond to the presence and aspirations of those whose very existence is regarded by many as a threat.
While some of what is perceived as rude by Westerners stems from cultural issues — the notion of public space and privacy is very different in China — other ill-manners date back to the Cultural Revolution when all that was seen as sophistication was considered bourgeois and severely punished.
In particular the critics take issue with the notion that the renovation, known as the Central Library Plan, will make the library more democratic.
