It is rare that progressives are so honest
about their irresponsibility and callousness towards others.
They yell
about the irresponsibility of anyone who does otherwise, without really finding out why they made that decision in the first place.
Not exact matches
Now before you send me an angry email
about the moral
irresponsibility of suggesting debt can go higher, save your clicks.
He says conservatives like Dreher and Douthat are foolish to hail him as some kind of truth - teller to and
about conservative elites, that the reality is he is an enabler of American personal
irresponsibility and what's more, a force for political evil....
Here, Ogden's complaint against Antony Flew is apropos: «My sole concern is to do something
about the widespread
irresponsibility of arbitrarily excluding from consideration some of the most evidently pertinent contributions to the theistic discussion» («God and Philosophy» 179).
Without irreverence or
irresponsibility, liberals are also able to retain their sense of humor, even
about these «values / goals / priorities / agendas» concerning which they can be so serious and intense.
What do we do
about those acts of
irresponsibility that we can't really reverse or can't adequately make up for once they're done?
This «stuff»
about which the minister develops and exercises intentions — the moods and motives, the whimsies and wiles of people, their responsibilities and
irresponsibilities, the structures and clashes of groups, their forms and formalism, commitments and inceptions, ideas and ideals — this «stuff» is active, reactive, insistent, and sooner or later must have the final word.69
Here is what Butterfly McQueen once told a reporter
about Christians: «I'm an atheist, and Christianity appears to me to be the most absurd imposture of all the religions, and I'm puzzled that so many people can't see through a religion that encourages
irresponsibility and bigotry.
I called it as I saw it on Saturday on three counts: Gabriel's stupid behaviour, Cazorla's
irresponsibility as a Captain (he must be made to understand that Captaincy is not just
about the armband but the duties that go with it) and Arsene's cluelessness.
Nor did he know he was
about to find himself enmeshed in a welter of charges of broken promises on one side, countercharges of academic
irresponsibility on the other and, ultimately, perhaps inevitably, litigation.
Recognize that so much of your child's lack of motivation (or what looks like
irresponsibility) might be his own anxiety or shame
about academics and schoolwork.
Whether you were a child in grade school or a university student, summer meant freedom from study and responsibility, the opportunity to work a job and have plenty of disposable income at hand, or even just to laze
about all summer enjoying your life of
irresponsibility and freedom.
The financial crisis raised big questions
about Britain's economic model -
about inequality and
irresponsibility;
about stability and sustainability.
But the true height of
irresponsibility would be to ignore all that is known
about the risks involved with keeping Indian Point open and let this nuclear dinosaur operate for another 20 years.
«For a body that talks so much
about education, to leave without an agreement where in a matter of days you could revert back to the board of education system, is just the height of
irresponsibility,» Cuomo said.
If
irresponsibility and a lack of trust or deep caring between anyone is the grounds for good humor, then Bojack Horseman does it infinitely better (The difference is that in a cartoon show
about vacuous Hollywood types there are characters who feel like subjects who can care rather than just targets for cynical jokes).
They were bewildered
about what to do next and became increasingly angry at Carl for his seeming
irresponsibility.
On the other hand, people may feel a sense of
irresponsibility if they don't think
about the issues mentioned above.
With very few right angles or orderly readings available, the show calls into question larger assumptions
about the association of
irresponsibility with playfulness, the assumed randomness of organic forms, and predilections toward linear thought.
So while I can't explain the mystery of Will's mega-puzzling
irresponsibility about scientific facts, it seems to me that people who believe it's important for public opinion leaders to get this stuff right — whatever Roger Pielke, Jr., may think
about that — need to think carefully
about how to respond in particular to Will, whose columns must surely reach many millions of people.
Any debate
about how cyclists should act then obscures the fact that cars, and their potential for tragic
irresponsibility, have ruined roads.
Also, if the tenant seems vague
about the move - in date, it may signify more «vagueness» (which could translate as «
irresponsibility») in the future when it comes to important things like move - out dates and rent due dates.