Sentences with phrase «cynical response»

As for the phrase «fitness of purpose», my cynical response is: Whose purpose?

Public International Law (henceforward referred to as International Law) tends to elicit from many people a cynical response; from many others a dogmatic attitude.

That would be an incredibly cynical response on my part if I did nothing to stop the crime.

A cynical response would be to categorize all conservative evangelicals as ignorant fundamentalist and completely close myself off to their input and ideas.

Not exact matches

In response to that feeling of insecurity and ineffectiveness, many people become cynical and abrasive.

Richard J. Reddick, associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas, writes for Fortune that some people of color might be cynical about Starbucks» response to the crisis that was precipitated by a store manager calling the cops on two black men sitting at a table (after a mere couple of minutes of them not buying anything.)

It's the title, too, of a particularly cynical BoJack Horseman episode about mass shootings, in which beleaguered film producers find themselves rolling their eyes while they trot out the phrase, again and again, in response to real events as they try to get back to the «actually pressing business of making sure the movie gets made.»

Nor can the more cynical views of repressive power proposed by Michel Foucault in relation to prison and asylum go without a Christian theological response.

and when we do, just maybe the world, that has every right to be cynical in their assessment of the church's response on this topic, will be surprised to see that we are really known for our love for one another.

Asking honest questions — not cynical, yet probing for truth — is one key response to the problems of money, sex and power abuse in the Church and Christian ministries.

What really made it newsworthy was not so much the cynical, brutal way in which the Mail and Mail on Sunday went after Ed Miliband via his father - and then via a journalistic invasion of a family memorial service event - but the momentum which Miliband's righteous anger generated in response.

This piece is a response, of sorts, to this video by The Cynical Brit (as if there is any other kind, right?).

Observa may have a point on the cynical political response to GW, but the denialist rhetoric is best ignored.

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