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Decorum

The Power of a Tweet, the Power of Reaction: Words Matter

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 04.28.2013 | Media
Read More: Social Media, Decorum, Academy Awards, The Onion, Quvenzhané Wallis, Twitter, The Oscars, Apology, Facebook, Tweets, Suri Cruise, Seth MacFarlane, Baratunde Thurston, The Onion Quvenzhane Wallis, Media News
Lorraine Devon Wilke

The ones who were less outraged -- and, in some cases, thought the tweet funny -- became driven to not only defend The Onion and the general thesis of satire and parody , but to turn tables to attack, sometimes quite viciously, those who were offended by it.

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Would Jesus Have Said "Vagina?"

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 08.19.2012 | Religion
Read More: Tyre, Vagina, Decorum, Sabbath, Speak Truth to Power, Tea Party, Wwjd, Sodom, Discernment, Michigan, Jesus, Lisa Brown, Sidon, Civil Discourse, Civility, Religion News
Bruce Reyes-Chow

Jesus called us to prayer, compassion, service and love... in order to make a point about an issue and to speak truth to power when needed, he did so with a prophetic and often shocking word.

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Debate: Should You Be Able To Do As You Please In The Skies?

Katherine Patke | Posted 06.01.2012 | Travel
Read More: Debate, Public Space, Decorum, Profanity, Personal Space, Airplanes, American Airlines, Airlines, Air Travel, Travel News

Last week the story of a woman who was removed from an American Airlines flight by pilots because of her offensive clothing became big news. American ...

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Sex, Saints, Yogurt and World Peace: Bemoaning the Loss of Decorum

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 06.27.2012 | Sports
Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Decorum, Shared Values, America, Values, Secret Service, American Values, Enron, Metta World Peace, Barack Obama, Culture, Saints Bounty Scandal, Sports News
Stuart Muszynski

Whether with baseball and steroids, basketball and greed, or football and "pay-to-injure," the stakes and competition of sports have outpaced classiness, noble intentions and decorum.

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A Letter To The Man Who Never Gives Up

Ruth Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Decorum, Persistence, Dating, Rules of Dating, Men, Ruth Fowler, A Letter to Persistent Men, Comedy News
Ruth Fowler

Your social ineptitude has given rise to a variety of unpleasant and sometimes terrifying suspicions.

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The Bumbershoot Manifesto

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Everyday Barbarism, Urban Etiquette, Decorum, Sidewalk Etiquette, Melissa Kirsch, Umbrella, Stormy Weather, Etiquette, Sidewalks, Modern Manners, Umbrellas, Society Run Amok, Manners, Urban Living, Umbrella Etiquette, City Living, Style News
Melissa Kirsch

If you must buy an umbrella, never buy a fancy umbrella. They are so easily and commonly lost, stolen and left behind that it never, ever pays to have an umbrella that you can't bear to lose.

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