Sentences with phrase «as a cop out»

Sounds like a just as bad as a cop out.,,, oh wait, perhaps God had a hand.

It's not as bad as Cop Out, but it is no where near the quality of Chasing Amy or even Red State.

The Big Heat — One of Fritz Lang's best American films is this noir starring Glenn Ford as a cop out to revenge himself on the people who murdered his family (among them Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame).

I have one more thing to say on this point, and it may come across as a cop out.

Any alternate endings, or ways to lessen the story would only serve as a cop out.

Well, since it's so easy to change, some people rely on ISO way too much, using it as a cop out to control exposure without changing the shutter speed and aperture.

Not exact matches

But as many keen dispensary owners found out — some after being raided by cops — that legal loophole they were hoping to exploit was illusory.

Fans have more than adopted the sentiment; earlier this season Seattle used undercover cops dressed as 49ers fans to patrol CenturyLink stadium in an attempt to root out overly aggressive Seahawk fans.

While some have written off the leaky STEM pipeline as a «cop out» for companies, addressing systematic exclusion and low retention is essential to long - term progress.

ETC community members were staunch «code is law» followers, and viewed the hard - fork as a cop - out to the originally intended immutability.

Yet Democrats have largely viewed that debate as an attempt to shift focus away from guns — even a cop - out for Republicans.

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

Seems like we are moving toward MORE GUNS as the solution, so next time some psycho starts gunning people down in a dark theater, maybe the best course will be to hit the deck and crawl under the chairs as the bullets start flying around in the dark as George Zimmerman - type cop wannabes pull out their heat at the first loud bang and start blasting away in the dark at «susp - icious» people.

Appears also that the «blogger formerly known as an atheist» is copping out like so many — instead of meeting the issues of morality and how we define it head on, she is now appealing to a «higher power» to tell her what morality is.

Dennis Farina, who started out as Chicago cop, became an actor with iconic roles in Get Shorty and Snatch and finally starred on Law and Order, has passed away at...

I realize that this will be frustrating to some atheists who see it as another subjective theistic cop - out and to some theists as a cowardly compromise.

@Dan King, No, I didn't see your answer as a «cop out» and please don't take my commentary or responses as personal attacks!

I accept that you and others will simply see this as a cop - out.

Guilt by association has been a frequently invoked form of polemics — and an effective one, since the ecology movement has been a bizarre congeries of political reactionaries, romantic conservationists, political cop - outs, solitary poets, anarchic life - stylers, as well as genuine political radicals, serious - minded reformers, and level - headed natural scientists.

It's a cop - out to say (as I've heard some pastors say) that «Results are not up to us.

Before you say that arguing for faith is a cop - out and that you just can't have faith, remember it takes just as much faith - maybe more - to believe there isn't a God as it does to believe there is.

European radicals rejected Schweitzer's cultural philosophy for its vagueness, and his personal example as a cop - out; he fled when the heat was on.

To attribute something to «evil» is just as much a cop out as attributing it to «Satan» and far too easy.

It could easily be said that it's a cop out to to follow a religion as well.

As much of a cop - out as sayAs much of a cop - out as sayas say..

Taking word from 1 book as complete fact is the REAL cop out.

So it is a cop - out as most relativistic theologies are.

GOP As a spiritual Christian it is sad that you think spiritual people are cop outs.

The most retrogressive aspects of contemporary society are religions leaders who have zero (ZERO) influence over extremists whose unending violence proceeds unchecked under their own banners, whose churches routinely abandon their principle mandates — the poor, infirmed, jailed, the hungry — to writers who view the thirst of people without spiritual homes as «cop outs».

So without hesitation, I can preach the Gospel as good news, and not engage in this good - cop / bad - cop routine where God is dreadfully offended at you — hates you even — but Jesus gives you a way out.

I used to pray «Thy will be done» as a cop - out, a safety net to avoid the risky prayers, the ones that meant I was openly begging heaven for a miracle, the prayers that involved my heart on the line along with yours, putting some of my own skin in the game.

I know it is a conveniant cop out to point to original scripture as being free from error since we do not have them anymore.

I suspect that there are some who grab onto the claim that Obama is a Muslim (and the «birthing» argument and so on) as a cop - out because they don't want to declare they are really just racially biased.

Moby... I think it's a cop out to just say «big invisible sky wizard...» and put your stamp on honest opinion as just admitting to ourselves we don't know.

Your hope that people will accept your cop out should dwindle as people continue to force you to face reality for what it is.

They wouldn't cop out to hiring a little girl who suggested «Unequally Yoked: A geeky atheist picks fights with her Catholic boyfriend» as her approach or anything.

While this thought may bring comfort to some, to me it represents a cop - out defense by those who are, as katiepearl suggests, simply too lazy to think.

I think it's a cop - out to reflexively applaud her for, as my colleague Jessica Grose puts it in Elle, «publicly exploring her sexuality in a provocative way.»

I sometimes cop out by citing my youthfulness and lack of a house and fine china and cloth napkins as an excuse to neglect hospitality.

I'm not as good about getting my vegetables as I should be, and always cop out and make pasta whenever we have vegetarian friends over for dinner.

As a cop - out, I grabbed my little bag that just says «Japanese» on them.

I know this seems like a bit of a cop out, seeing as last year I made those lime bars, but the name of these just makes you want one, doesn't it?

I think using the pricetag as a cop - out is missing the point.

As for «good cops,» if you don't speak out when the bad ones do evil shit, you aren't a good cop.

That's a terrible assessment of things and is an absolute cop - out as far as looking for progress is concerned.

As for putting the blame on the manufacturers, I think that's a total cop - out.

A cyclist who outed state Sen. Marty Golden for allegedly posing as a cop during a traffic dispute in Brooklyn is going the extra mile to scold scofflaws, developing a Twitter account that lets users enter license plate numbers to automatically check city records for past parking and camera violations.

A Bronx teen defiantly blasted the NWA song «F — Tha Police» out his third - floor apartment window as thousands of cops were gathered below to mourn Familia, prompting a house call from about 20 officers.

A cyclist who outed state Sen. Marty Golden for allegedly posing as a cop during a traffic dispute in Brooklyn is going the extra mile to scold scofflaws.

But in softening his public position, Cuomo is unmistakably laying the groundwork for the possibility of a cop - out that he can sell as something else.