What checked his pen was the certainty of social exclusion if he offended the establishment.
His supporters said what he was, was an - a principled, down-the-line conservative, and he didn't mind if that offended liberal piety.
New York (CNN) -- A New York state lawmaker said Monday he's sorry if he offended anyone by dressing in blackface for a Purim party, but a colleague says his apology doesn't go far enough.
But next day he veered over to placate his other supporters, angrily telling Shas members that women would sing at the festive opening of his campaign on January 10th, and if that offended their religious sensibilities, they need not come.
"If I have offended him then I apologise and I apologise if it is taking longer than normal, " said the London-based property developer.
Their loyalties may lie with their mother, and they believe she will be offended if they acknowledge their stepmother.
So he cannot be surprised or offended if we who know the record remind the electors of London about it.
If you felt offended, then, perhaps, it would be opportune to have a look in the mirror and do some reflection.
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"It was not our intention to offend anyone, and we apologize if anyone was offended by the card, " MBNA spokesman Jim Donohue said.
There is no need to wonder if anyone was offended.
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There was something I kept thinking about as I spoke with Gaylord and Hanson, and I hoped they wouldn't be offended if I brought it up, because I meant it as a compliment.
However, while the diplomat has apologised if his strong language offended anyone, he has not taken back his words.
If they're offended by something, they don't have to purchase it.
So when Mr Romney appeared in front of the door of Number 10 all the American press wanted to ask about was how he had apparently offended, if not his hosts, the "London press".
" mildly offended, as if Pandora started playing Coldplay when you typed in "Radiohead.
Even if women aren't offended by the off-color humor in the Durango commercial, the term "Hemi Power" won't mean much to a mom who's in the market for a family-friendly SUV.
Don't read on if you're going to be offended by a column all about being offended by the offensive marketing of "adult" stuff on prime-time television.
It is the film's portrayal of the widowed Iron Lady today talking to Denis as if he is still at her side that has offended some of those closest to her.
So if one atheist or attention-grabbing student in a public school is offended by a prayer, the Ten Commandments or a nativity scene on school property, liberals demand that the offending object must go.
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People are offended that cooperators get a break at sentencing (or even immunity) even if they are culpable themselves.
If I were supportive of the new GOP leadership, I do not see how I could avoid being offended.
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Let me just say this, if anybody needs to sit down, sit down. (Laughter.) I will not be offended.
If he admits that the US Constitution will not allow sharia law to supersede existing laws, then why is he offended by a move to prevent sharia law from superseding existing laws?
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