Word: thoughtlessness
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...there, as fans can attest, is a timeless, effervescent cocktail of comic juxtapositions, smoothly musical prose and exuberant generosity. "Behind the Drones and the manor house weekends," writes McCrum, "is a sweet, melancholy nostalgia for an England of innocent laughter and song." An England that Wodehouse, after his thoughtless blunder, never saw again...
...Obama’s constitutional law professor, Laurence H. Tribe ’62, was quoted: “He’s very unusual, in the sense that other students who might have something approximating his degree of insight are very intimidating to other students or inconsiderate and thoughtless....He’s able to build upon what other students say and see what’s valuable in their comments without belittling them...
...real tragedy of the black market in looted Asian antiquities is not so much the crime against the dead as the crime against the perpetrators themselves [Oct. 27]. Wittingly or unwittingly, the looters have sacrificed their heritage on the altar of greed. Thoughtless European and American dealers and buyers, weary of their own heritage, now prefer Asia's. But no matter how many Asian relics they collect, no alchemy can transform Europe or America into Asia. COSMOS ODOEMENA Sokoto, Nigeria
...Selling Their Heritage The real tragedy of the black market in looted Asian antiquities is not so much the crime against the dead as the crime of the perpetrators themselves [Oct. 20]. Wittingly or unwittingly, the looters have sacrificed their heritage on the altar of greed. Thoughtless European and American dealers and buyers, obviously weary of their own heritage, now prefer Asia's. But no matter how many Asian relics they collect, no alchemy can transform Europe or America into Asia. Cosmos Odoemena Sokoto, Nigeria...
Given how little effort has been put into providing an electronic replacement, liner notes seem to be as disposable as the art that accompanies them. This may be thoughtless. How can you be sure God won’t mind not being thanked for overseeing the R&B song you download? Might there not be mass industrial action by drum techs and producers? Without liners, would anyone know that the guitarist of A Perfect Circle used to be a Smashing Pumpkins guitar tech? Does anyone care anyway...