Word: offenders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...saying it's okay to offend Catholics but not Jews? Laws don't protect just minorities, they protect everyone. The notion that the less powerful are protected by the government against attacks by the more powerful, but that it's not reciprocal is nonsense. If you give the government the power to outlaw speech based on content, where do you draw the line...
...Union workers wore large, round straw hats, the type of which you'd expect to see in a black-and-white 1940's photo of a Chinese farmer. These hats served no purpose whatsoever, except to offend diners. What connection did these hats have to modern day China? How many of these hats were seen in Tiananmen Square? Surely, Harvard would never dare to outfit its employees in Indian headdresses and war paint to celebrate the Native American heritage. Was the use of such hats any different...
Weld said that his reform package would provide a sweeping long-term solution to the state's budget problems, eliminating the "structural deficit" which has left Massachusetts with ever more serious budget shortfalls in recent years. Although he said that the program would undoubtedly "offend some and anger others," he said that the state needs to make temporary sacrifices to improve its economic outlook...