"The problem is that this law can be very easily misused by influential persons to curb inconvenient conversations," said Marx Anthonisamy , a human rights activist who filed the public interest lawsuit.
The back-and-forth aspect of texting makes certain kinds of conversation more fun (say, flirting); but it's so inconvenient for any kind of meaningful dialog.
"A big part of the challenge is teaching your kids how to have a real conversation, not a texting conversation," said Laurie David, a producer of "An Inconvenient Truth," who has since devoted her considerable advocacy skills to encouraging more stimulating mealtimes.
After producing the Academy Awards 2 years ago, which was the year of An Inconvenient Truth, I thought about doing a documentary that could potentially tip the conversation about cancer like the way that film did about global warming.
Yet, buried beneath the mountain of rocks thrown at the movie exists a dark cave of inconvenient truths; truths which address deeper issues of awareness and accountability that have seemingly evaded critical conversations about issues crippling the black community.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the inconvenient, disruptive and uncomfortable nature of the way protests, commentary and imagery have shaken up our nation, forcing the "conversation" we need to have.
An Inconvenient Truth, the documentary featuring Al Gore's attempts to alert people to the dangers of climate change, triggered a global conversation when it was released in 2006, and earned $50m at the box office.
BOARDING passes are inconvenient.
More inconvenient than dreadful.
