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According to Justice Anthony Kennedy, it's a place where people "practice newly learned vulgarities, erupt with anger, tease and embarrass each other, share offensive notes, flirt, push and shove in the halls, grab and offend."
Nothing novel about the advertising techniques here: But they're put to effective use, and are unlikely to offend in this era of peace and plenty, where the political battles in Washington seem so completely irrelevant that pollsters are hard pressed to elicit strong reactions from their public.
What does offend me is that bigots such as Falwell and other Christian right-wingers feel the need to "save" our children from supposedly evil influences, such as gay Teletubbies.
At this point the reader will notice that we are here on delicate ground, straight among words that may offend our most intimate sensibilities.
Chatterbox doesn't think people should have to pay, through their taxes, for art that is likely to offend them deeply.