Sentences with phrase «constitute affronts»

And their leadership initiatives, often involving strategies of nonviolent suffering and ultimate respect for being, constitute affronts to our usual notions of relevance.

The judge also added that the Senate's decision to punish Omo - Agege for filing a suit against the Senate and for punishing him while his suit was pending constituted an affront on the judiciary.

I suspect the answer would come back «no» as this might constitute an affront to «human dignity» — but it has never been clear (at least to me) how «human dignity» can apply to a pre-implantation embryo, and if the gene editing had corrected a gene defect, in what way would it be harmed?

As we see it, a «right to be forgotten» ODR process would have the individual who wants content to be unreferenced by Google log on to a platform and explain which link (s) lead to pages he deems to constitute an affront to his right to be forgotten, and why.

Not exact matches

Like any self - respecting avenger, Lord Ashcroft believes that to settle a grudge with an act more grievous than the initial affront constitutes entirely natural and defensible behaviour.

Regardless, systemic bribery would constitute a serious affront to access to justice and the rule of law.

Sexual harassment is a demeaning practice, one that constitutes a profound affront to the dignity of the employees forced to endure it.