"The Sharpeville and Langa massacres were a tipping point in that they served to trigger off deep revulsion and disgust, both locally and internationally, against the apartheid government."

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Mostly because they cannot believe that the scandal is not more of an issue, and that there is not some deep vein of public disgust still to be discovered and exploited.

ECONOMIST: Trick or treat?

If lobsters are considered the vermin of the deep as early American colonists saw them then they become objects of disgust, not food fit for kings.

WSJ: NattO, Maggot Cheese and Other Food That May Repel