Word: offendable
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...Western Europe has hesitated to retaliate against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by imposing truly painful measures on Moscow, like the embargo of high technology exports. Some see this reluctance to offend the Soviets as the start of Finlandization, a term derived from the fact that Finland is so thoroughly intimidated by the neighboring Soviets that it dares take no action that might offend them. In the opinion of Raymond Aron, a leading French political analyst, the process has already begun in Europe. Says Aron: "Finlandization starts in the mind. If a nation acts powerless and terrified, that's called...
American textbook publishers are writing increasingly bland history texts in order not to offend pressure groups, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frances Fitzgerald '62 told a small audience last night...
...blacks, suffered a stroke and is blisteringly irate to find himself in the hands of a black therapist. Formidably equipped for any racial skirmish, Mrs. Washington (Esther Rolle) is the kind of woman who could make the Rock of Gibraltar crumble. While the antiblack, anti-Jewish jokes may offend those of liberal pieties, the laughter on opening night roared through Broadway's John Golden Theater at hurricane force. The odd couple radiates sweetness and light at the end of the evening...
There is however, a difference between this sort of constructive anger and attacks upon the people who make mistakes that offend. While unfeeling treatment of oppressed people through stereotypes, jokes, omission, and violence angers me immensely, I find myself equally upset at the hatred the oppressed often turn back upon potential allies among the groups which have traditionally held power in this society. I see as counterproductive and hurtful the anti-Semitism inherent in much Third World criticism of people involved in the press and academia, the oft- repeated charge that white women are "walking all over" minorities...
Wine scandals are like bad vintages. They don't happen every year, but often enough to offend good taste. In 1974 the Bordeaux region was rocked by the news that the respected firm of Cruse et Fils Freres had sold cheap Midi reds under more expensive Bordeaux labels. In 1979 Burgundy Shipper Bernard-Noël Grivelet was accused of peddling an inferior blend under the finest names of the Cote d'Or. Now comes a 1980 scandal that may dwarf them both...