Word: forbiddenness
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...contemporary sexuality and behavior proscribed by the Catholic Church. Some Cardinals are concerned that we young people are given too much freedom. In fact there are many of us who feel Catholic but in certain circumstances act differently from the teachings of the church. We all have something "forbidden" in our pocket, but if we are united, we will be able to reach the truth. Erika Murgia Turin, Italy
...slightly dangerous” and “very dangerous.” Furthermore, with a few exceptions, the State Department’s country-wide warnings do not make a distinction between more and less dangerous regions of the same country, so otherwise safe countries can be declared forbidden because they contain islands of instability. Instead of arbitrarily drawing a “too dangerous” line, the school should leave this sort of determination up to each student provided that they have a suitable reason on their application. For a concrete example of the importance of such...
Howard’s final sin, enacted in a boudoir during a wake, violates so many principles, he hypothesizes, that it has no name. His sin may be unspeakable, but for Smith, the forbidden is familiar territory. She opened her first book by describing a failed suicide at a steering wheel...
...global strategies, and they are loath to antagonize their host nation. Yahoo!'s China operation was widely criticized last month for turning over information to the police that helped send journalist Shi Tao to prison for 10 years (Shi had posted a list of topics that Chinese newspapers were forbidden to cover, including the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre). Yahoo! officials said they had no choice but to abide by the "laws, regulations and customs" of countries where it does business. It isn't alone in its sensitivity to local customs: Microsoft's MSN portal blocks the Chinese words...
...monitor at Xici Hutong, a site where Chinese journalists share ideas. He says he removes pornography, which is illegal in China, as well as personal slander and "political things." One of China's two biggest portals, Sohu.com, routinely talks with government regulators about what topics to add to the forbidden list. "China is undergoing a huge experiment in its transition to a free society," explains Charles Zhang, Sohu's CEO. "We need to be responsible to see that reforms go steady and stable...