desensitized

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The problem with the quick-fix drug of outrage is that one rapidly gets desensitized, and has to return to a fast-depleting well.

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  • Judge Cosgrove told the CJC that, during and after the Elliott trial, he was criticized so much for his actions that he became "desensitized" to it. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • Have we been desensitized by mild capitalist tremors? —  mongster's nest
  • Some of you need to grow some ***** brains and open your eyes more often. ***** this story, don't act so horrified, and it's not that I'm desensitized; it's that some of you are insanely OVER sensitized. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • Horror films are often criticized for not being scary enough because movie audiences have become so desensitized they're almost impossible to scare (especially when watching with others in the room). —  The Michigan Daily
  • JAN MOIR: Are we so desensitized that watching a woman's death is acceptable entertainment? —  Home | Mail Online
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