But when Mr Gore pledges to spend every day as president working for ordinary people against insensitive monstrosities like Aetna, they cannot help but feel a surge of foolish enthusiasm.

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Please stop and think before saying something so naive and insensitive to the millions of people living in Northern Ireland.

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The joke posted on his Twitter account was criticised by many people for being insensitive, including Mr and Mrs Adams' family, who had asked for an apology.

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Lord Judd, also a Labour peer, branded the proposals "ill-considered" and "insensitive", telling peers that people were "in a muddle" about who is representing them at local council level.

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"I'm just staggered to be quite honest that the council could be so insensitive and just ride roughshod over local people when there's so much strong feeling about it, " he added.

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To the contrary, I express a sentiment that I have heard from a vast number of women, who collectively have said that your recent article entitled "Don't Marry a Career Woman" was read with disgust, disdain, and pity for a group of people who could be so utterly insensitive and boorish in approving such slanderous filth.

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Ms. JEAN SETZFAND (Director of Financial Security, AARP): Insensitive at best, because I think very few people are dreaming about a beach vacation.

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However, for those of us who have come in direct contact with the parents who have lost their children to violence and bullying, or the young people who have been severely abused by or forced out of their families, this is grossly insensitive and nothing to laugh about.

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