Word: brouhaha
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...Rhodes scholar at Oxford in the late '60s but felt compelled to add that not only had he not liked it, he had not even inhaled -- an assertion that many others who had smoked marijuana, then and later, found hilariously unbelievable. Clinton could have avoided the whole brouhaha, and what is threatening to become grist for a million late-night-TV jokes, by just saying "Yes, and so what?" the first time he was asked...
Some would argue that AIDS "examples" are necessary to educate people about AIDS prevention. Yet cancer is also a nearly incurable, often fatal illness that can be prevented to some extent by changes in lifestyle, and education about cancer prevention has been accomplished without this sort of celebrity brouhaha. One would never hear reporters deciding to "out" famous people with cancer, but editors of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Orlando Sentinel, among others, said they would have made Ashe's illness known--even without his consent--for the good of the public. This only reinforces the perception that AIDS...
...BROUHAHA may have some unfortunate repercussions...
...France, where sex is treated more casually and public figures are protected more carefully by the press, the brouhaha was seen as another example of American prudishness. Some political leaders even charged that it was part of a conspiracy to hurt Depardieu's chances for an Oscar. Minister of Culture Jack Lang, a frequent critic of American "cultural imperialism," lambasted the "low blow against one of our great actors." Raged Jacques Attali, a former aide to President Francois Mitterrand: "This is a vile defamation with a high financial payout...
That makes the brouhaha over the flags and the swastika an issue of sensitivity, not free speech. Kerrigan and McCormack claim they are not trying to offend anyone by publicly displaying their flags. But they do offend many students who cannot help but associate the Stars and Bars with slavery and oppression. Townsend's response to their insensitivity is equally insensitive. All three have espoused lofty principles. But none of them seem to care about their fellow students' feelings...