Word: insultedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would like to draw your attention to the publication of Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. This insidious work is an insult to Muslims, but even more, it is a cruel attack on Islam which will feed on the misunderstanding and hatred of Muslims, which already exists due largely to ignorance and the misconstruing of facts regarding Islam...
STILL, much of the show's banter is as boring and subtle as this exchange between a blitzed Senator Bedderly (Nevin Steinberg '89) and Agent Tess Tosterone: "You're drunk," she says. "And you're ugly," he retorts. And don't forget fat, an insult which finds its way into every other joke...
Charney, who was not involved with the station at the time, said she viewed the incident as careless rather than racist. She said the disk jockey should have told listeners that no insult was intended by the song. She added that "the song does have its artistic merit...
...David betrays that style, adding a shallow plot, unadmirable characters and a detached atmosphere. The Strike Zone is an insult to the fans' intelligence and devotion...
...those outraged by The Satanic Verses have ever seen it, much less opened it. Their fury, and the timorousness of government officials fearing violent uproars, has been prompted by one accusation: that the novel contains a blasphemous portrait of the Prophet Muhammad and thus amounts to a terrible insult to Islam. The plain, simple truth is that the novel does nothing of the sort, but only those who consent to read the thing will discover this for themselves...