Although Israeli officials denied that the appearance with Mr. Falwell was calculated to affront Mr. Clinton, it served as a reminder of the President's pointed refusal to meet with Mr. Netanyahu in November, the last time he was in the United States.
They serve, almost, as an affront to its audience, daring it to stick with the film past the hard-ons and the blowjobs.
Copps, who now serves as an advisor to Common Cause, said the combination "runs roughshod over competition and consumer choice and is an affront to the public interest".
They're a clear affront to democratic sovereignty and serve as a powerful tool corporations can use to block new environmental or public safety rules.
Later in the day, President Michel Temer's spokesman, Alexandre Parola, called the protest an "affront" and said it was a "violation of the norms of democratic co-existence". "It's worrying and serves as a warning.
However, some devout Turks believe that barring worship at Hagia Sophia is an affront against Sultan Mehmet, who designated it as a mosque and who, like other Ottoman leaders, served as caliph to the Islamic world.
To adherents of a certain storyline, the performance was as much an affront as the result, a refutation of faith.
Don't take this as an affront.
Irrespective of the sentence Noor ends up serving, these military commission proceedings will be remembered as an affront to the rule of law and fundamental notions of justice.
