Word: tastelessness
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...theorist to recognize that some members of the Sociology Department suffer from an acute case of interdepartmental jealousy. Whatever you call it, the recent attacks on the academic legitimacy of Social Studies by Acting Chair of the Sociology Department Orlando Patterson and Professor of Sociology James A. Davis were tasteless and sophomoric...
...turn in scripts that are devoid of foul language lest the classification office impose the curse of a G (general) rating. Motion-picture exhibitors have a strong preference for the R (restricted) rating, probably on the theory of forbidden fruit. Hence writers and producers have every incentive to employ tasteless language and gory scenes...
...opinion, that's not funny. This cartoon is from page 41 of the latest issue of The Harvard Lampoon, our humor magazine. "Humor" is not license to mock suffering. This cartoon is not only tasteless and offensive, but it reflects an overwhelming amount of insensitivity to an issue which touches everyone at our school. It says that it is fine for a man to force a woman to have sex against her will, because "no means yes" and rape is something a woman really gets off on. If this woman slept with this man after he apparently raped her, then...
...forget the salad bar," Deep Throat sighed. "Wilted lettuce, wooden tomatoes, tasteless carrots. It's all so disheartening...
...widening gap between the wealthy and the impoverished in the richest country on earth. Of course, the Lampoon meant this event to be humorous, an entertaining joke; but as long as the problems of homelessness and poverty run rampant around us, this kind of spectacle is an extremely tasteless joke...