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...point was the June 2003 killing of six British soldiers in the town of Amarah after they had inflamed local sentiments by taking sniffer dogs into a mosque. You don't need any colonial experience to know that bringing an animal to a place of worship is likely to offend the worshippers - no matter what their faith...
...photos and the information students share with one another. I am also surprised by the language that students choose to use and the disconnect that students have around the facebook,” he writes. “I wonder if they realize that language they use could offend others and if they would be willing to tell others in a public forum (not online) some of the things they would write on their profiles...
...wanted to see what would happen if I introduced two poor black street people into the mix,” says Young. With a troop of bad guys in turbans and plenty of racial humor, “Reagan Returns” seems likely to offend the oversensitive, or even just the sensitive. But Young insists that the movie doesn’t target any particular groups. He himself espouses a “live and let live” libertarian philosophy. “Reagan Returns” should be unleashed on the unsuspecting public sometime next month...
...inspired them to teach and how they responded to challenges, she asked them how classes in Baltimore compared with ones the teachers had had in the Philippines. Franklin, like most of Baltimore's students, is black, and the Filipino teachers were hesitant to respond at first, fearing they might offend her. "Back home it's so different. It's all obedience and respect," said one. "Here the students are, um, very direct, very bold." Franklin nodded but pushed for more. "Please don't be polite," she urged. Shyly at first but then with increasing frankness, the teachers spoke...
...this sort can be found we might be able to sidestep the politics altogether.Harvard is an institution that idolizes free speech, in a country that holds these values sacrosanct. It behooves us to cast a wide net in searching out violations of these principles. Our own firewall should perhaps offend our sensibilities as students, but the restricted intellectual freedom of Chinese citizens ought to offend our sensibilities as people, and we should actively seek to restore these rights to them.Matthew A. Gline ’06 is a physics concentrator in Quincy House. His column appears on alternate Tuesdays...