I mean, technically, if I want to personally go out and kill someone because he offends me, that is self-possession.

我是说，准确来说，如果因为有人冒犯我，我想亲自出去杀了他，这也是自我控制。

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How can I laugh when confronted with man or deed, which offends me so as to bring forth my tears or my curses?

我受别人的冒犯时，当我遇到不如意的事情时，我只会流泪诅咒，却怎么笑得出来。

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"It's more Madison Avenue manipulation, and it offends me, " says Lawrence Weber, chairman of W2 Group, a Boston public relations and marketing outfit that focuses on digital media.

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