Thankfully the Court of the Judiciary in Alabama acted courageously by recognizing that displaying the Ten Commandments in a courthouse is not only a deceptively innocuous act, but an illegal one as well (editorial, Nov. 14).
After all, it's a pretty archaic attitude to demand anything more severe for what was – regardless of one's personal views on drug use – a pretty innocuous act when set against the backdrop of 21st century hedonism and licentiousness.
While many doctors, nurses, housekeepers, and technicians were mostly attentive to this innocuous act, a handful of employees were relentlessly vigilant.
I remember watching TV growing up and, at the slightest whiff of two people engaging in even the most innocuous act of intimacy – a kiss, a doe-eyed look that might lead to kiss – the channel would be changed huffily by my parents.
The seemingly simple and innocuous act of wearing a company's T-shirt is actually a very personal and public endorsement that carries a degree of social risk.
I remember watching TV growing up and, at the slightest whiff of two people engaging in even the most innocuous act of intimacy a kiss, a doe-eyed look that might lead to a kiss the channel would be changed huffily by my parents.
Coupled with Pachter's surveillance claim, that strange yet relatively innocuous act can be seen as an ominous sign of the crossover between "politics, the security state and gangsterism" which Finchelstein believes has been "suddenly illuminated" by the Nisman case.
"Flash mobs" consist of dozens or even hundreds of well-wired folks who gather suddenly, perform some specific but innocuous act, then promptly scatter.
As the museum's executive director, Amelia Parker, explained in an interview, one purpose of the museum is to remind the visitor just what was at stake in the seemingly innocuous act of approaching the lunch counter.
