Word: shaming
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...FAMOUS FOR THE SEVEN-DIRTY-WORDS BROUHAHA. IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS. DOES IT SURPRISE YOU THAT THOSE WORDS ARE STILL FORBIDDEN? No. What has happened over the centuries is that a natural modesty that people have has been exploited by religion to be a kind of fear and shame and guilt about our bodies and the functions they have. Now it is probably a permanent feature of the psyche of people...
...Bush never fails to insist that the terror threat is as great today as it was on 9/11, these passages reveal the polemical, partisan mean-spiritedness that lies at the heart of Clarke's book, and to an even greater degree, his television appearances flacking it. That's a shame, since many of his contentions - about the years of political and intelligence missteps that led to 9/11, the failure of two Administrations to destroy al-Qaeda and the potentially disastrous consequences of the U.S. invasion of Iraq - deserve a wide and serious airing. From now on, the country would...
...while this is a shame, the women’s team did not deserve to make it this year. Harvard lost, fair and square. The team that plays the best for an entire season should make the playoffs. Otherwise, why bother having a regular season at all? If only two weeks are needed to determine what teams advance to the national championship, why not just play a two-week season...
...It’s a shame to lose a game like that, it’s a shame one team had to lose,” said Brown coach Digit Murphy. “When I play Harvard, I’m kind of sick and tired of it being us. I have to take my hat off to [Germain] for that performance...
...suggestion that I, or any other member of the war council, have publicly complained about Adams dining hall policies is frankly preposterous. Mather entered the war because we wanted to help ensure the safe return of the Adams House gong which has been traditionally used to shame those who are not members of that House’s community into dining elsewhere. Although my major concern with the gong was as a cultural symbol which has helped pull the Adams House community through so many difficult times, that does not mean that I was insensible to its significance...