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I think ranking traumas or some kind of scale of horrificness and drawing a legislative line that says these ones are okay to depict and these ones are not is an untenable position in the long run and possibly more disrespectful of victims than the position it is trying to correct.

Sex and Violence - Never The Twain Greg Tannahill 2009

Generally, however, when bills like this get posted, you get all sorts of fun media blitzes by doctors and their minions decrying and lying about the horrificness of midwife attended births, in spite of the evidence that clearly shows that midwife attended births are safer and less stressful for women and children, not to mention less expensive for society at large.

Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: May 2005 Archives 2005

Generally, however, when bills like this get posted, you get all sorts of fun media blitzes by doctors and their minions decrying and lying about the horrificness of midwife attended births, in spite of the evidence that clearly shows that midwife attended births are safer and less stressful for women and children, not to mention less expensive for society at large.

Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Midwifery in Texas 2005

LAUREN HOWARD, PSYCHOTHERAPIST: Well, Nancy, honestly, I think it is a little too soon for Daniel to make that decision because at this moment, there is an enormous horrificness about the whole -- sort of what occurs in that kind of world.

CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2005 2005

Whitcomb Riley as that "masterly and exquisite ballad of delicious horrificness," reached its perfection.

The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison Champion Ingraham Hitchcock

Really, of all the unexpected parts of the 2009 season - Manny's suspension, Martin & Furcal's horrificness, the nearly uncontested division race - could anything be more surprising than that?

Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness 2009