The same is true for laughing in Iran, where some ultra-strict Muslims may take offence.
However, I take offence at putting a price cap on saving the lives of tens of thousands of mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends with dense breast tissue who suffer unnecessarily and die needlessly from late stage breast cancer due to missed detection of mammographic screenings.
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But you should neither give nor take great offence if you or others arrive a little late.
Also I personally take great offence at the insinuation that people earning minimum wage were lazy at school if everyone went to university then who would serve you in the supermarkets and clean up after you?
It is an offence to take any wreckage of the shuttle because it is government property.
Marital coercion is therefore a broader defence than duress in that it is enough that the wife acted because of the dominating will of her husband, her own will being overpowered by his so that she had no choice but to unwillingly take part in the offence.
Mr Huhne is accused of persuading Ms Pryce to take his penalty points for a 2003 speeding offence.
Police have submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service over claims Mr Huhne asked his former wife to take speeding points on his behalf for an offence in 2003 so that he would not lose his licence.
But they will argue on Martin's behalf that there should be a change to the approach taken to prosecution for assisted suicide because, although it is legal to take your own life it is a serious criminal offence to assist someone to do so.
And since April 2004, police have been able to take and keep samples from anyone arrested for a recordable offence, even if charges do not ensue.
The Kenyan authorities are saying they cannot take him to court since he has not committed any offence in Kenya and also since he was heading to Somalia.
The vast majority of officers sincerely uphold the law - cases like this are extremely rare and we will take action against any officer or member of staff who commits a criminal offence.
This could include posts made by drunk people who, on sobering up, take swift action to delete the communication because they are genuinely sorry for the offence or harm they caused.
So when crime rises, better to create another criminal offence and we've had over 3000 new ones since 1997, than it is to take the long-term action that would strengthen families.
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