Word: insulting
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...editors of Charlie Hebdo and their incensed backers depict the trial as an assault on free speech by religious intolerance. A paper that thrives on controversy and insult, Charlie Hebdo argues the drawings were published both to support the Danish editors who drew the ire of Muslims around the world, and to make the point that a fully equal and integrated Islam in secular European societies can't expect to enjoy a deference not accorded to Christianity or Judaism. "The Pope is satirized, the Church is satirized, Christians are satirized and so are Jews - all in a well-established tradition...
...appeared in the paper’s annual prank edition.The column began, “Hi Princeton! Remember me? I so good at math and science. Perfect 2400 SAT score. Ring bells?”The writers, some of whom were Asian, said that their intent was not to insult Asians, but rather to mock the very stereotypes racism employs.But many on campus found the article offensive and 629 students have joined the Facebook group “Dear Daily Prince, This Isn’t Funny, It’s Racist.”Only a month before, Tufts...
...insult. Although Israel's Law of Return guarantees all Jews citizenship, Shoshana Miller, 43, a convert to Judaism, was told when she emigrated from the U.S. last year that her status as a Jewish national was in question. Reason: she had been converted by a Reform rather than an Orthodox rabbi. Interior Minister Yitzhak Peretz, himself an Orthodox leader, insisted that Miller's identity card be stamped with the word convert...
...Peace Sign Peace may be a universal concept, but its symbol is ambiguous. In Britain, making the sign with your palm facing out means peace, but with your palm facing in, the gesture is an insult...
...knew he would be executed and would join a parade of heroes, but, Maliki, why did you behead him? Why did you insult his body...