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After realizing that his cure for the Irish’s football woes might offend some people—can’t imagine who?—Hornung recanted and said that what he meant was that the school should lower academic standards for “all athletes...
...sorry for the petitioners who are mistreated and ignored as they struggle for justice in Beijing. Government officials are appointed to serve the people and to represent justice. Perhaps they are afraid of admitting past mistakes, or maybe they fear that their rulings may offend powerful people. But then what is the purpose of the petition officials? Denying justice is a crime and a violation of human rights. Critics shouldn't say the poor petitioners are being unpatriotic and are damaging China's image. Being a patriot does not mean being blindly loyal, nor does it mean you must give...
...fraternities’ presidents are not so blunt, choosing their words carefully in an effort not to offend their peers—and sometimes even fellow frat brothers–who choose the other side of the male social fence...
Bush released his ads last Wednesday, and they are scheduled to run for at least three weeks—inundating swing states with patriotism-inducing images of national tragedy. In just a few 9/11-filled seconds, the president manages to break his promise not to politicize the attacks, offend those who gave their lives two and a half years ago and pretend to be the country’s leading patriot. Though it would be difficult to come up with an appropriate way to turn footage of the World Trade Center’s wreckage into a political promotion, the Bush...
...Yeltsin's Russia had been an economic basket case run by a pliant buffoon, Putin's is a major and growing oil producer run by an authoritarian nationalist willing to deal with the West but on an independent and often competitive basis. Its domestic politics are likely to offend the eye for some time to come, but so does the domestic politics of China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and scores of other regimes with which the U.S. maintains important relationships. Like the Russian electorate, Western governments simply have no alternative...