Word: offended
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...intent to offend,” according to Watson, is “always clear...
...quieting free speech is exactly what the BLSA’s suggestions involve. To punish students for expressing ideas, even ones that offend others on campus, stifles open debate. Any attempt by the Law School to dictate what its students can and cannot say, however noble the intent of such restrictions, effectively muzzles the free expression of ideas...
...knew what to think," she says. "There were no murders in heaven.") But as a snapshot of Fuhrman's self-image, it's fascinating. Fuhrman--as interpreted by Fuhrman--is a driven detective, frustrated by the Greenwich cops (he says they're "brain dead," lazy and afraid to offend their rich patrons) and an unforgiving world. We know that he is "the convicted perjurer who helped set O.J. Simpson free"--because the clumsy script has someone say it 15 seconds after he appears--but we get few details about his disgrace until late in the movie. By then, Murder...
...same time, a chip rotates vertically in my mouth and I bite down. The chip does not give. The roof of my mouth continues to hurt as I write this article a day later. I swear out loud in Spanish, demonstrating how my ability to offend people crosses cultural barriers...
...Cambridge’s Only Breakfast Table Daily.” I am grateful. Clearly we disagree—not simply on political philosophy, but on the nature of a sermon and the responsibility of a preacher. When a sermon ventures beyond anodyne pieties that will offend no one, it is bound to raise the hackles of those who are disappointed to find that the sermon does not agree with them. It is the nature of preaching to present “not just the facts,” but opinions that strive to relate an understanding of the Gospel...