Word: tabooed
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...Shaun of the Dead”) portly and shameless ladies man, Dr. Dave, consistently cracks jokes and snarky comments, despite being of little importance to the film’s plot. Another character named Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke) justifies his namesake during a frustrating game of Taboo; in the hopes that his teammate will know exactly who he means, he describes Jesus as a nice guy with a lot of friends who didn’t wear shoes...
...decades, the French considered it taboo to question whether immigration and foreign influences were diluting France's social and cultural character. Indeed, the topic was considered so toxic that no one in France besides extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen would even take it up in public. But times have changed. Twenty years after Le Pen's National Front Party (FN) became a political force in France, its view that immigration is threatening the French national identity is starting to gain wider acceptance. Now, the government is putting the issue front and center for the first time by encouraging...
...Frank ’62 (D-Mass) has been one of the few to attempt to change the law with his Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008, which he sponsored to end federal penalties for marijuana possession. Besides Frank, however, few congressmen have touched this taboo issue. As violence in Mexico increases, with inevitable spillover into the U.S., America will have to end the “War on Drugs,” which President Barack Obama has already admitted was an utter failure...
...last month it even launched the kingdom's first coeducational university. The state is trying to encourage women's entry into the workforce, and is sponsoring initiatives to protect women and children from domestic abuse. And it is pushing Saudis to discuss the notion of empowerment, formerly such a taboo subject that even the word was off-limits in newspapers. "The message is that women are coming," says Dr. Maha Almuneef, one of six women named earlier this year to the Shura council, a 156-person advisory body appointed by the King. "It's a good first step. The King...
...let’s relax about Slate’s mistake. It was, after all, a welcome break from mind-numbing host Megan Fox, and what is comedy but the manipulation of the unexpected? The taboo on cursing on television is outdated, a holdover from a more innocent time. Censorship? Fuck that shit...