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But the defining characteristic of a therapeutic bill is its thrift: It doesn't increase the budget; it requires no new taxes; and it offends no special-interest group.
I am not persuaded that a speaker who offends a hearer's sensibilities directly suffers loss of face: loss of face could come about only by some retaliatory action of the hearer's.
Another version of reality offends bureaucrats and is just as exaggerated, but it is very useful as a defense mechanism.
It just offends me that the president of the United States is, directly or indirectly, attacking his own country in a foreign land."
Copyright law in cyberspace offends because it limits what I can do in physical space.