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...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...
...extracurricular outside of athletics lies beyond the scope of Pascavage’s condescending view of her non-athlete peers. Such an attitude dismisses passionate community service volunteers as ruthless resume-builders, master musicians as frauds without true dedication to their craft and so on. It should offend anyone who has ever loved or cared about an activity other than a sport...
...video for her latest single, Dirty, Christina Aguilera is clearly trying to offend someone. Wearing chaps, leather underwear and a smirk, she writhes in pools of muddy water and hangs out with other similarly clad colleagues in a boxing ring. Despite all this effort, the video has not proved raunchy enough to earn the ultimate publicity coup: getting banned by MTV. Rather, it has offended the government of Thailand, a country not known to be coy about sexual matters. Officials are not objecting to the dance moves or what looks to be an orgy but to a pair of posters...
...closed the door to free and open debate,” it was Hanson himself, upon shamelessly refusing to defend his positions in public in a “free and open debate.” If one has the gall to sign a morally controversial petition sure to offend a significant segment of the University community, public explanation and debate are called for. Attempting to shift the blame onto those that seek debate is, at the very least, dishonest...
...contemporary British theater is your bag, head to the Ex Oct. 31-Nov. 2 for Patrick Marber’s scathing black comedy Closer. But leave your younger siblings home, as Closer just might offend their young ears with its nasty profanity and its pointed take on modern adult relationships. This darkly comic tragedy, directed by Mike Donahue ’05, may become the date show of the season, as countless young lovers reevaluate their relationships after witnessing love and sex, contemporary-style...