Sentences with phrase «argued against the current»

I am not arguing against the current algorithm.

Only time will tell whether there is now an emerging Democratic majority but with the arguments presented by Teixeira and Judis, it's hard to argue against this current political trend.

You can argue against the strike and you can certainly argue against current public pension arrangements, but it's hard to object to what took place today in London: people cheerfully coming together to defend their interests and make their views plain to government.

(Warsaw, Poland) Under the theme «degrowth», a social movement which argues against the current compulsory economic growth and favours ways of improving life quality within the natural environment, the exhibition promotes an alternative lifestyle through means and method such as recycling and green transport.

it seems to me that you are just arguing against this current change because it is not what you are used to, not because you identify any situation where the SCC's approach in Clements leads to an illogical or unfair result.

Not exact matches

In «The Grammar of Baptism» (December 1991) the Rev. Alvin F. Kimel, Jr. argues with considerable ingenuity against the efforts of feminists to «reform» the name of the Holy Trinity, from its current benighted state of «Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,» in the direction of «non-gender-specific terms.»

Supporters of a change in the current DOD policy argue that just as blacks and women experienced discrimination in the past, so too are homosexuals discriminated against today by being excluded from military service.

While the book gives an interesting summary of various authors who have argued that it was the Protestant Reformation that gave rise to atheism, the author fails to note any connection between the rejection (traceable from nominalism) of reason's capacity to know reality, the Protestant Reformation's appeal to faith against reason, intellectual scepticism and current postmodernism.

Whilst it is hard to argue against increased consumer choice, the current situation is hardly satisfactory.

Michael Croft, President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) will argue at a St James Ethic Centre debate on 4 March 2014 that foreign investment in agricultural land and infrastructure works against Australia's national and best interests unless the regulatory system and current model are changed.

That decision has sparked a backlash from health advocates, who say current labelling does not do enough to highlight foods which should be avoided, while grocery manufacturers argue traffic - light labels are simplistic and too blunt an instrument in the fight against obesity.

Historical fact... while watching ARSENAL TV you tube saw Piers Morgan rant against WENGER, start watching it because thought it was his most recent remarks about ARSENAL current situation, so why not lets see what he has to say, well he argue about poor results, the worse we have been since moving to the Emirates, lack of leadership, poor tactics, underperforming players, but what hit me was when he mentioned our exit from CL against Bayern arguing did not have what it take to overcome 0 -2 defeat against Bayern.....

It can be argued that the crowds were so good because we were winning regularly, but that argument is easily countered by our current home form, six wins on the bounce the best run since the early days of SImon Grayson's time at the helm, and against a higher standard of opposition.

She hasn't been licensed in years, and spends so much time arguing against women having birth choices that it's highly doubtful she's kept up with current meaningful research.

So you could argue that the current system is actually biased against Labour, and therefore PR will actually disadvantage Labour even more unless rates of voter registration are improved and compulsory voting introduced.

While change will be incremental, he argues the tide is beginning to turn against the current consensus.

Sikora argued there is no conflict with a super P.A.C. helping de Blasio, who used his current role as the city's public advocate to fight against corporate campaign donations.

At Wednesday's hearing, former New York Knick players and current MSG Network broadcasters Walt «Clyde» Frazier and John Starks, along with director and die - hard Knicks fan Spike Lee, argued against relocating the arena.

Former top gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco is seeking to have the federal case against a number of current co-defendants severed from his own upcoming criminal trial, with his lawyer arguing that he had nothing to do with charges faced by six of them.

They also called on Labour to campaign against creeping privatisation in the NHS, arguing the current «harmful, market - led approach» should be replaced by a system driven by «care, not competition».

The Catholic Church has argued that the 90 - day requirement is biased since current law gives an adult who was abused as a child up to the age of 23 to bring a lawsuit against religious organizations, the Boy Scouts and other private and nonprofit institutions.

The essays have rightly suggested — whether arguing for or against alternative routes, for or against current practice in schools of education — that unless the present and growing shortage of good teachers is overcome, no other efforts at school reform can succeed.

The Badass Teachers Association (BATs) is a nationwide group of teachers who aggressively argue against the status quo in education — that is, the current education reform agenda.

Those who argue against using tests as the main indicator of success may dismiss the current grading system as fervently as they did pre-Katrina.

Perhaps, but it's hard to argue against the pricing of the current 2010 model.

I just came across this article and I would argue against paying off any mortgage in the current market conditions.

As someone who owns, and attempts to remain current on, the breed, I would like to just add a comment here for consideration by those arguing for and against the addition of content regarding the Ugly Dog Contest.

Scientists have always been engaged in > politics, sometimes for good (advocating vaccination campaigns against > smallpox, for example) and sometimes for ill (arguing for the improvement > of > the «white» race by eugenics), but scientists have had their «meddling» > fingers in politics for centuries, maybe millennia, without any lasting > ill > effects on our current ability to investigate the workings of the world or > > to influence the development of public policy today.

The SOI (southern oscillation index) is also spiking up again this month, which argues against the bottoming out of the current La Nina.

The conference featured Richard Ayers, co-founder and current trustee of the National Resources Defense Council, who argued, «The RICO Act, which had been used effectively against the tobacco industry, could similarly be used to bring a lawsuit against carbon producers.»

True, the talk of the end of industrial culture may not play well with those who see a darker side of Transition Towns, but it seems hard to argue against the fact that our current reliance on fossil fuels to feed and clothe ourselves leaves us incredibly vulnerable to future price shocks and disruption of supply.

If you need it spelled out any more clearly, by adopting my current position, I am actually arguing against my vested interest.

Some health experts see the current regulatory hiatus on e-cigarettes as no bad thing: They argue that, e-cigarettes are a vital quitting aid for existing smokers; that they are relatively «harmless» when set against conventional cigarettes, due to the absence of tar; and that nicotine, per se, while highly addictive, is a relatively benign drug.

There's a fair share of this latter phenomenon on the anti-ABS side as well, people arguing against it so convinced of their position that one wonders whether they are motivated their own pocket - book and lawyers» current «monopoly» of ownership.

If I just consider this current round of costs against that, you could argue that I'd still come out ahead by eschewing insurance.