The first one is, who exactly are you upsetting?

Now, this was actually not that upsetting to me.

Because if you're not upsetting anyone, you're not changing the status quo.

What was so upsetting about this new piece of information was not that I was going to have to change the date of my slumber party with all of my girlfriends, what was most upsetting was that this meant that I was not a Virgo.

I draw with a simple pencil, and at first, the Parkinson's was really upsetting, because I couldn't get the pencil to stand still.

Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting.

He is upsetting allies in Asia, embarrassing the US, and making bad relations with China even worse. Like Putin, he is driving himself and his country into further isolation for entirely domestic reasons.

Directing a foundation is a delicate exercise that requires a range of different abilities making choices, listening, adopting a project to meet requirements, saying yes and knowing when to say no even at the risk of upsetting people.

These ideas are well known in liberal academic circles, but clergy like myself have been reluctant to air them, for fear of creating tension and division in our church communities, for fear of upsetting the simple faith of more traditional believers.

Populist rabble rousers like to stir up such resentments by ranting about foreigners who work for a pittance or not at all. But it is the relative success of ethnic minorities and immigrants that is more upsetting to indigenous populations.

Independence in thought and deed is vital for any company to function and to build things that last and contribute to economic growth and prosperity. In Plato s Apology, Socrates advocates for the examined life the habit of rigorous self reflection and posing hard, heterodox, and possibly upsetting questions.

Two generations ago, most countries had censors who not only tried to prevent younger people from seeing certain films but who actually banned books. Since the 1960 s, such proscriptions have weakened until, in the end, explicit sexuality, violence, blasphemy while upsetting to some people were tolerated as a part of the enlightened world.

Real progress had been made in the area of the non proliferation of nuclear weapons, but efforts must continue to achieve the elimination of such weapons and ensure the universality of the Treaty, without upsetting the balance between the rights and obligations set out therein which underpinned the credibility of the non proliferation regime.

Though the need to confront evil remains as pressing as ever, Western societies motivation for doing so may lose clarity. After all, it is one thing to deliberate on the pros and cons of confronting external forces of irrational violence it is something else to lash out against the producers of brutal, politically charged, and upsetting imagery.

The good news is that the constraints that Bush and the American government will face in the next four years will almost surely limit the damage they will cause. The rhetoric and posturing, the lack of commitment to human rights or democratic processes, may be and should be upsetting, but there will be far more bark than bite.

Moreover, aside from rainfall patterns, climate change is upsetting the flow of rivers, as glaciers, which provide a huge amount of water for irrigation and household use, are rapidly receding due to global warming. Snow pack in the mountains is melting earlier in the season, so that river water is less available during summer growing seasons.

But China s approach to statecraft, in which dominance and manipulation trump cooperation, is impeding such efforts. This presents the US, the region s other leading actor, with a dilemma watch as China gradually disrupts the status quo and weakens America s allies and strategic partners, or respond and risk upsetting its relationship with China, the Asian country most integral to its interests.