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Be Reasonable: Scholars Define Who Is and Who Is Not

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Mar 4, 2025
Canadian thinkers explore the meaning and significance of reasonableness in government and law. Five Canadian intellectuals discuss their backgrounds and areas of expertise. Personal experiences with unreasonableness in various aspects of life are shared. The characteristics of unreasonableness and the challenges faced by boundary-pushing writers are discussed.
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Airport Injustice

  • Miklena Todorova encountered unreasonableness at an airport.
  • Young men cut her in line, and a security person questioned her reaction.
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Airline Agent's Unreasonableness

  • George Elliot Clark faced unreasonableness from an airline agent.
  • The agent blamed him for missing his flight and made him buy a new ticket.
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Life's Unreasonable Challenges

  • Anna Canfield finds death and poverty unreasonable.
  • She also considers menopause unreasonable due to its physical and mental effects.
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