"The headlines these debates will generate will be very harmful," said Mr. Harjes, the economist.
"Drugs are illegal because they are harmful," said a government spokesman.
"It is not harmful," said Chirau Ali Mwakwere, Kenya's foreign minister, who signed the deal Wednesday.
"By remaining silent about killing contests, wildlife agencies endorse the notion that predators are harmful," says one conservationist.
"Anyone can call something Molly to try to make sound less harmful," said Mr. Payne of the D.E.A. "But it can be anything".
"We use kawaii for such sentiment, feeling – kawaii things are not threatening, that is the most important part, small and not harmful," said Nittono.
"Bottlefeeding is harmful," says Kabir. "Because bottlefed babies get diarrhoea, since their formula is mixed with dirty water and since their bottles are not sterile.
"The views expressed by Mr Sterling are deeply offensive and harmful," said Silver, in a strongly worded statement delivered from the podium at NBA headquarters in New York.
"They're saying, 'We're going to take the best of the Internet, but we will not allow the influences we consider inappropriate or harmful,' " said Gordon G. Chang, a lawyer in Shanghai who advises Internet companies.
"I don't think in the foreseeable future you'll be able to use them, because the testing has just not been done to prove that they are not harmful," said Kathryn Creedy, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
