Word: offendable
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Conditions grew grim for agencies during the gulf war. Advertisers slashed spending sharply, in part because they were worried that commercial interruptions of combat coverage would offend American consumers. Since that feeling was so widespread among U.S. companies, many firms also viewed the period as one in which they could safely cut advertising budgets, confident that their competitors would do the same thing rather than take advantage of the quiet marketplace...
THIS IS NOT an isolated incident. Cartoonists are often criticized for the way they portray minorities. Even the most delicate cartoon on racial issues has the potential to offend someone. Newspaper readers do not often linger over subtleties of meaning in cartoons. The mere discussion of controversial issues, when met with the suspicion of racism, serves as a call to arms for many readers...
...writing this letter, we do not wish to offend or whine. Rather, we offer our requests as small additions to our school's newspaper, additions we feel would help ensure a more informed student body and a more diverse sports section. Vince Marin '92 Alec Berg '91 and the Harvard Men's Volleyball Team
...needs the support of the all-too-powerful gun lobby, and has instead chosen to play political games with Congress. The president offered up his own bill to prohibit the domestic assembly of military-style semi-automatic weapons that are banned for import. Bush's bill is designed to offend nobody; as a result, it helps nobody...
...here at Harvard, groups like the Organization for the Advancement of Sexual Minorities (ORGASM) and the newly formed chapter of Queer Nation have succumbed to this self-destructive zeal to offend and outrage. To their credit, these groups have largely abandoned the dining hall kiss-ins and other inflamatory tactics of years ago. But their presentation of the film, "Stop the Church," as well as their well-publicized protest of Secretary Sullivan's visit to Harvard last year were tasteless and needlessly offensive...