Levin's and Bailyn's most common response to critics has been that anyone who truly means to "engage the world" - the phrase is a mantra for Yale-NUS apologists - must be willing to bend principles such as those in Yale's Freedom of Expression statement, out of sensitivity to our Singaporean partners' values.
The chair of the board of trustees, Dianne Byrum, emphasized in a statement the importance of sensitivity.
The New York State Black Gay Network issued a statement urging sensitivity on the part of the police.
Even steadfast interfaith activists criticised the lack of sensitivity evinced in the speech.A tactful statement the next day at the Western Wall might have improved matters.
"To my mind, that is at worst a failure of perception or, as the court elsewhere calls it, 'a lapse of sensitivity,' not constitutional viewpoint discrimination," the university's counsel, David R. Scott, said in a statement.
Along with a clear statement of the NGO's mission and practical questions, such as clothing, health and safety, this stresses the importance of sensitivity to the indigenous population.
"Angela Gerekou has submitted her resignation for reasons of sensitivity and sensibility, so that there cannot be the slightest pretext to hurt the government," the statement said.
The statement cited "sensitivity" as well, yet the laughter industry faces a comparable threat from the culture of niceness.
Key results of sensitivity experiments.
What person of sensitivity is not ashamed?
"Let's have a bit of sensitivity".
