Therefore, many scholars refer to a religion's stories as "myths" without intending to offend members of that religion.

In most of these cases, he said, a student journalist has expressed a view that has offended members of a minority group.

I'm afraid your performance just now offended several rather powerful members of the council.

There is always a risk that multiethnic and multicultural advertising will offend members of other ethnic and religious groups.

After some research, officials determined that it had been quietly taken down because it offended members of a local synagogue that had a sign along the same stretch of road.

The Women's Institute prevented the group advertising in its magazine, stating that it could offend members.

In 2007, The Hawk was thrown into a controversy after the annual "Squawk", the joke-filled April Fools version of The Hawk, published articles that offended certain members of the community.

And it offended members of a group dedicated to returning the Jets to Queens.

After the American entry, the US opposed such a bombing, fearful of offending Catholic members of its military forces, while the British then supported it.

There was a mild controversy when the promotion offended members of the Indian-American community who felt that Apu is a caricature that plays on too many negative stereotypes.