Sentences with phrase «against common sense of»

With each singing in discordant tone, proving to be more Nigerian than the other while promoting tribal loyalties as against common sense of nationhood.

It can make these partly difficult associations capable of standing against the philosophical tradition's inconsistent suggestions for a solution and against the common sense of the present day (whereby it incidentally makes intelligible why philosophy has given up the effort to develop a cosmology).

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He added: «That's why this war against common sense waged by the government of this country is extremely dangerous.

However, Mr. Zuckerberg insisted that the company does not discriminate against Republican employees and that its definition for what kind of language should be kept off the platform was rooted in common sense.

Neither does it survive a basic common - sense test: Buying insurance against a market crash from other market participants is no different than buying a policy against a crash of the insurance industry from an insurance company.

A few years before, he had been an international leader, the author of Common Sense, a tract that inflamed the determination of the colonists in their revolution against England.

Against the prevalent journalistic opinion that the Catholic faith is compatible with evolution, the cardinal made the qualification that while «evolution in the sense of common ancestry might be true,... evolution in the neo-Darwinian sense - an unguided, unplanned process of random variation and natural selection - is not.»

They point to the fact that the Christian message is paradoxical in the sense of being against the grain of common sense.

I guess preventing pregnancies to lower the number of abortions is against their religion and common sense.

Against such an ancient and affirming tradition, Francis's assertion that «the great majority of our sacramental marriages are null» shocked both common sense and Catholic sensibility.

There are several arguments that can be advanced against this position: first, that there is no need to adapt or interpret the Bible this way because this «modern common sense» is quite uncommon; second, that the current popularity of a belief or point of view is no guarantee of its truth, so the Bible ought not to be adapted to suit the understanding of a particular time; third, that the Bible can not be adapted to this common sense, because this common sense excludes God; and fourth, that if our common sense disagrees with the Bible, then we must change our common sense after all, because the Bible is true.

«In my world, you don't get to call yourself «pro-life» and be against common - sense gun control — like banning public access to the kind of semiautomatic assault rifle, designed for warfare, that was used recently in a Colorado theater.

Telling jokes is no clear sign of a sense of humor and is a questionable pulpit practice with much common sense against it.

Hard just war theory reverses these emphases, replacing them with the following: a presumption against injustice and disorder rather than against war; an assumption that war is tragic but inevitable in a fallen world and that war is a necessary task of government; a tendency to trust the U.S. government and its claims of need for military action; an emphasis on just war theory as a tool to aid policymakers and military personnel in their decisions; an inclination to distrust the efficacy of international treaties and to downplay the value of international actors and perspectives; a less stringent or differently oriented application of some just war criteria; and no sense of common ground with Christian pacifists.

The good common sense of this book's argument against the Enlightenment - induced idea that religion causes war is, in the end, not overcome by the problems noted.

It was that message, the «word of the cross» preached by Paul, that struck both Jews and Gentiles as scandalous foolishness, as an offense against both the wisdom of the educated and the common sense of ordinary people.

It is not until persons experience a sense of indignation (which arises when they realize that their suffering is unnecessary) that they are aroused not only to take Marxism seriously, but also to join together in a common effort against the enemies of freedom.

You reference one of those «awesome» (awful) pieces of scripture that goes totally against the humanistic (secular / religioius) common sense, and I think only makes our sense if we separate esoteric (salvational) issues form social gospel and social justice.

«The Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015 is not about being «for or «against» the inclusion of nutrition information on menus,» FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin said in a statement.

No amount of regulation can regulate against a lack of common - sense and in these instances we're talking about less than 0.0001 % of consumers» said Mr Geoff Parker.

Perhaps the overwhelming oddness of the position — the shadows of 1966, the constant scrutiny, the on - again, off - again calendar, the increasing irrelevance of international football when set against the all - consuming Premier League, the insistence from the FA that the England manager stand as some kind of moral paragon — drives those that inhabit it to do strange things, to kick out against common sense.

Ignorance can be cured with a tiny weeney bit of education and a dash of common sense, it is fans like you who with careless ill conceived notions like «Wenger is responsible for contract negotiations» that ultimately turn the fan base stupidly against itself fostering an avoidably toxic atmosphere around the club.

The committee's plan for determining which teams play in the best games has not yet been completely disclosed, but if it leads to a common - sense determination of teams based on merit, rather than an application of cryptic and unforgiving rules made solely to prevent unscrupulous bowl executives from turning every big bowl game into Notre Dame against someone vaguely local, it's a massive improvement in the process.

Yes we were plagued with injuries during our last season, but starting an injured Caldwell against Swansea, in wigans biggest game of the season??? Leads me to believe the man has no common sense.

And, believe me, when my husband was deployed and I was exclusively breastfeeding — and all of the popular books were telling me to let my child cry it out, or that he should be sleeping through the night — I often pulled the intuition / common sense card out going against this «popular advice.»

«Shelley proudly supported the students who chose to stand up to the NRA and speak out against the Republicans» continued blocking of common sense gun laws.»

The package of common sense gun control measures put forward by NYLGVP, including my bill closing the bump stock loophole, will reaffirm New York as a leader in the fight against gun violence and save lives.

Common sense should have informed the Government that the provisions of Article 280 (2) entrusting to the Court of Appeal appellate jurisdiction over such adverse findings would have been meaningless if the Government had a first administrative review authority to selectively overrule or reject or confirm such adverse findings made against persons by the Commissioner appointed under Article 278.

This is a victory for common sense, since it halts the prospect of some new body, or group being set at vast amounts of taxpayer's money to take evidence for a long period before reaching the conclusion that some bankers broke the law and others acted against the interests of their customers.

He concluded that Cuomo signing the current bill «would be tantamount to a rejection of an effort to pursue a common sense policy resolution and leave Airbnb with no choice but to stand up for its New York hosts and immediately commence litigation against New York State.

«Our carefully crafted common sense proposal was written in direct response to what the victims told us, the stories that came from them, what happened to them, the fact that they didn't trust the chain of command, that they were retaliated against, that they didn't think justice was possible,» Gillibrand said at a Capitol Hill event.

WHEN IT COMES TO PREVENTING VIOLENCE, COMMON SENSE GOES A LONG WAY by Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb The New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV) has unbelievably and inexcusably issued a memo opposing the creation of potentially -LSB-...]

I find it unthinkable that, contrary to these basic values, the views of 80 % of all economists and basic common sense and decency, there is actually a vocal movement against the notion of progressive taxation of income.

«The high - profile, inflammatory nature of the Commission's investigation heightens the risk of reprisal against Common Sense's donors,» the filing says.

«This type of political terrorism is against the teachings of Islam and contrary to the provisions of the constitition of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and common sense.»

This election will be about common - sense America fighting back against the progressive left elitists who want to control all aspects of our lives and our national economy.

Another section of the resolution links New York's strict gun laws to the state's low rates of gun crime, while criticizing some state senators who have voted against «common sense» gun laws like a ban on bump stocks, improved background checks and state funding for research on gun violence.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

The group established that, Kofi Jumah and Amoako Tufuor were the pioneers who raised alarm against the choice of Akufo - Addo by means of peddling horrible insults against Akufo - Addo to the public «We wish to tell Akufo - Addo and his rented clowns that, if they have monopoly over reckless conducts and plotting of evil, we have fair reasoning and common sense.

The other members of the earmark - reform coalition are the watchdog groups Citizens Against Government Waste, Taxpayers for Common Sense and Public Citizen.

The 2011 supervisor contest pitted Wilber, the nominee of the Democratic and Working Families parties, against Rose, who ran with the endorsements of the Republican Party and the ad hoc Common Sense Party, which Rose devised for the occasion.

Blair wrote that he could see clearly the force of the «common sense and practical argument» against Trident, but in the end he thought giving it up would be «too big a downgrading of our status as a nation...»

«That might work against him in the eyes of the present Conservative leadership, and Sir Ken would probably not regard himself as a Tory, but he stands for good common sense - something which all Conservatives should appreciate.»

A Clinton aide said the plan was a «a key plank of Clinton's plan to challenge the stranglehold that wealthy interests have over our political system» and would allow «Americans to establish common sense rules to protect against the undue influence of billionaires and special interests and to restore the role of average voters in elections.»

A: The short answer is, the Town Board makes local zoning and other laws, and the Zoning and Planning Boards review project applications for conformance with the law, with common sense and the needs of the community to be protected against concerns such as traffic, drainage, ugliness and health and safety threats.

Conjuring up new, unknown energy fields goes against both common sense and one of the most cherished scientific doctrines.

He recently vindicated this bit of common sense by giving a number of people either a mouse, a touchscreen, a joystick or a gaze interface to use and then racing them against each other to find and select a small target.

It further advised, against all common sense that «intake of sucrose and sucrose - containing foods by people with diabetes does not need to be restricted».

SLAVE MARKET FOODS: Studies, and a bit of common sense, show that classifications on the socio - economical scale such as low income, inner city and / or ethnic minority [Hispanic / Black] predisposes consumers (who are equal under the law to protections against harm) to diabetes, obesity and other health risks as grocery stores in their area tend to sell lower qualities foods while food producers price high quality (or even halfway decent) foods out of reach.

During such periods, many leisure industries do surprisingly well and consumer expenditure on their products and services seems to go against the common sense notion of declining personal spending power resulting in people cutting back on non-essentials.