"I think it's mean spirited," says London-based Eurovision expert Paul Jordan, who notes that SBS is a member of the European Broadcasting Union, the key criteria for taking part.
"The policy is mean-spirited," said Kevin P. Lane, another of Mr. Lane's five children.
"O.K., I don't think it's mean-spirited," said Judge Cote, who denied the motion but agreed to reconsider at a later date.
"I think what [director] Amy Heckerling was able to do – and this is very hard – is make the film satirical, but at the same time not mean-spirited," said Jen Chaney, author of As If!: The Oral History of Clueless.
"We see so many Chinese relics appearing overseas, and they've virtually all been stolen and spirited out," said Yu Weichao, retired director of the National Museum of Chinese History.
Pretty much all my humour is not mean-spirited," says Yankovic.
They were spirited, never say die, all those things as always.
The discussion was spirited to say the least, as the panel delved deep into the reasoning and repercussions of racism within fashion.
There were spirited debates, said one official involved in those discussions, about whether the president "should really be asked to be the analyst in chief".
Rob Lineberger called Tessa "...beautiful and spirited," and said that "...she is the perfect mortal foil for MacLeod's heavy concerns.
When another person projects negative energy onto you -- whether they come to you in anger, act mean-spirited or say unkind things about you -- it's time to turn to Four Agreements author don Miguel Ruiz's second agreement: Don't take things personally.
