The harsh sentence imposed on Raid Badawi for mocking the kingdom's infinitely mockable religious establishment has attracted an unusual amount of international attention. |
I can tell by his tone that this is a mockable offence but, like a Chinaman in a French restaurant, I have no idea what he's talking about. |
This insular satire, this xenophobic comedy, said that foreigners, insofar as it recognized them, are funny, mockable for the sin of deviating from the white, English norm. |
What I do know reminds me of the strident sort of PC left-winger who was embarrassingly mockable, and no one with any sense hung out with. |
William Hung enjoyed a moment of fame because his inept song-and-dance routine was entertainingly mockable. |
Instead of Mahmoud the Mockable, Iran has in an instant bought itself greater credibility and a moment to demonstrate whether real change there is possible. |