Word: insults
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...Orthodox chapels on their premises. Only the Orthodox clergy are entitled to give ecclesiastic guidance to the military. Some provinces have included Russian Orthodox Culture classes in school curricula with students doing church chores. When Orthodox fundamentalists vandalized an art exhibition at the Moscow Andrei Sakharov Center as "an insult to the main religion of our country," the Moscow Court found the Center managers guilty of insulting the faith, and fined them $3,500 each. The ROC had an opera, based on a famous fairy tale by the poet Alexander Pushkin, censored to the point of cutting out the priest...
...Still, in a country where being called Anglo-Saxon is often an insult, Sarkozy is openly admiring of the ability of Britain and the U.S. to create millions of jobs, and is promising to deregulate France's labor market in an effort to end what he calls the nation's "immobility." In a pre-election debate on May 2, he singled out the U.K., along with Ireland, Sweden and Denmark, lauding them for their success in combatting unemployment. That sort of attitude drew flak, with opponents painting him as an American-style neoconservative, but that didn't stop him winning...
Still, in a country where being called Anglo-Saxon is often an insult, Sarkozy is openly admiring of the ability of Britain and the U.S. to create jobs. He promises to deregulate France's labor market and lower the nearly 9% unemployment rate, one of the highest in Europe and almost double that of Britain's. During a May 2 debate with his Socialist opponent, Ségolène Royal, he lauded Britain--along with Ireland, Sweden and Denmark--for its success in combatting unemployment. That sort of attitude drew flak during the campaign--opponents tried to paint...
...Many Imus admirers are asking, whatever happened to the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and freedom of expression in this country? Well, we all believe in free speech, but that doesn't give anyone license to insult someone else's ethnicity, religion or gender. I am not a fan of Imus, but I believe he is a decent, compassionate and complex man who was badly in need of a refresher course in tasteful humor. Isa K. Mushahwar, St. Petersburg, Florida...
...Hasn't Imus always been a racist jerk? Although there is a line between satire and insult, it seems to me the line is very clear. I think hip-hop music is offensive, so I don't listen to it. I thought Imus was offensive, so I didn't listen to him. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Sacha Baron Cohen and Sarah Silverman are funny because they point out painful truths in our culture. Meredith Hodgkinson, Austin, Texas...