The World Trade Center site is fraught with emotion, and the mayor's positions may be deemed unsentimental, but I don't believe he is insensitive to the public's need to remember 9/11 in an appropriate manner.
Councilwoman Christine C. Quinn, a Democrat who represents the neighborhoods near Madison Square Garden, said the Republican mayor's remarks underscored her belief that he was "insensitive to the impact this is going to have on the average New Yorker".
Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng, now South Africa's most senior judge, has denied he was insensitive to rape.
A1 Mr. Ashcroft's wife, Janet, defended him against perceptions that he is insensitive to women, blacks and others.
He was insensitive to Jewish suffering.
He was insensitive to her disability.
But while he was insensitive, he was not unethical.
Which is not to say that he is insensitive.
"It showed that he is not savvy and that he is insensitive," Mr. Taitt said.
He also rejected the charge that he was insensitive to his nonwhite constituents.
