"And he said we live in a remarkable society where people 'love who they love and express themselves as they are.'".
The continuing existence of Ge'ez, whose earliest usage has been traced by scholars back to the 5th century BC, is just one of many examples of this remarkable society's veneration for, and conservation of its history and traditions.
Across the channel, in one of the most remarkable civil-society revolts of modern times, close to a million people took to the Paris streets last month to protest against same-sex marriage.
And we met with remarkable civil society leaders, working for an end to discrimination based on caste, gender, and sexual identity.
The region's governor spoke at its dedication today, something remarkable in a society where Jewish suffering in World War II was little acknowledged even a decade ago.
The pursuit of science for its own sake led to discoveries such as penicillin and superconductivity, and it often created, almost by accident, remarkable benefits for society.
To level an Orwellian emphasis, what is remarkable about British society today is not how much bigger the middle class is but how little the upper classes have given up.
However, this is precisely the case in the U.S., at least according to Heckman (2000), who states (p.25): "It is remarkable in a society as committed to consumer sovereignty and choice in most aspects of economic and social life as the American society, that there is so much resistance to permitting choice and instituting incentives in education.
It is generally recognized that a high level of vigilance is necessary and highly desirable, but it should also be considered that GMOs are a promising new challenge for the III Millennium societies, with remarkable impact on many disciplines and fields related to biotechnology.
