Word: disrespectfulness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...political Left often points fingers at Republicans for becoming indoctrinated by the conservative movement, it is imperative to understand that this indoctrination occurs on all sides of the political spectrum as evidenced by yesterday’s disrupters. It is this indoctrination and disrespect for diversity of beliefs that breeds bigotry, a concept that yesterday’s protestors claim to be against, but paradoxically act to perpetuate...
...result of this disrespect is the devaluation of lives of people like Terri Schiavo. In the Schiavo case and others like it, non-disabled decision makers assert that the disabled person should die because he or she—ordinarily a person who had little or no experience with disability before acquiring one—“would not want to live like this.” In the Schiavo case, the family is forced to argue that Terri should be kept alive because she might “get better”—that is, might...
...database on more than 100,000 hours of programming. "We track even those minor swears," says Looney's supervisor, Melissa Caldwell, "because it's a way of tracking trends." The ETS, in the words of PTC executive director Tim Winter, logs "every incident of sexual content, violence, profanity, disrespect for authority and other negative content." The ETS analysts don't monitor premium channels, which is just as well, because an episode of Deadwood would presumably crash the system. The ETS is thoroughly indexed by theme--"Threesome," "Masturbation," "Obscene Gesture." With it, the group can detect patterns of sleaze and curses...
...particularly resonant scene of modern skepticism is one in which Constantine and fellow world-saver Angie dare to question the justice of the Catholic Church’s teaching on suicide; namely, that to kill oneself shows such disrespect for God’s gift of life that one could be damned for it. Angie demands that her sister receive a Catholic burial, and the priest’s refusal is portrayed as an inflexible slavishness to an outmoded rule...
...blown up"--Wilson says, "Personally, I didn't like that answer." But as a George W. Bush supporter, he adds, "I hope I didn't do any damage to Secretary Rumsfeld." After the meeting, Wilson told Rumsfeld he did not intend to put him "on the spot" or show disrespect, and the two shook hands. While most soldiers were "overwhelmingly positive" afterward, one officer suggested Wilson should have asked the question in a more "proper forum." Says Wilson: "My response was, 'What would the proper forum be?' If it costs me my career to save another soldier, I'll give...