That they had him in a room and insulted him for three hours is absolutely unacceptable," said Stamatis Vassilaros, a doctor echoing a common refrain.
Why do pedants correct mistakes as if affronted – as if a family member had been insulted?
But it got worse: he insulted women, slammed down his glass, hurled ashtrays, laughed like a crazy person, head thrown back.
It was bad enough to learn that her in-laws felt insulted by her treatment of them on the big day, especially when "a friend close to Liz Hurley" spat back that they should consider "everything she has done for them - raising their social standing in India through the roof, for example..."....
We are now afraid to stand up for what is right because we know that a wrong comment or even a wrong look may lead to us getting insulted, threatened, beaten or even stabbed.
He told reporters outside his mansion in Sydney's Hunters Hill that he was insulted by Icac's findings.
Are we allowed to say things offensive to racists, homophobes and misogynists, and if so why should a particular faith group have the privilege of not being insulted?
[Bevan's "vermin" remark - one of the most famous jibes in politics - was adroitly turned against the Attlee government by Tory speakers, who pretended it insulted their voters rather than policy makers.
"I said to him, I'll pay you $15,000, which insulted him enormously and left the room, which was I wanted to happen.
You've insulted people at the deepest level of their values.
In the case of the racial hatred provisions, an aggrieved person is someone from the group targeted by the behaviour who is offended, insulted, humiliated or intimidated because of his or her race".
