Sentences with phrase «fears of slippery slopes»

Doing so will allow the conversation to move off that sticking point, and reassure the skeptics that the proponents are finally speaking to their fears of slippery slopes.

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The freeing up of the Super Bowl ads is what the industry fears will be the first step on a slippery slope to elimination of simsub altogether, coming as it does at a time when the whole economic ecosystem of Canadian broadcasting and Canadian content is under stress and under review.

Critics of genetic modification in humans fear such a move would start something of a slippery slope leading to «designer» babies — parents could basically pick eye color, size and maybe even personality traits.

Hannah — Oh yes, the pecan milk is coming, never fear;] And I suppose if I am to go to all the trouble of growing / drying / pureeing my own prunes, I ought to grind my own flour and press my own tofu while I'm at it... this is a dangerous slippery slope...

We fear that once we start a sexual encounter — even with a look — we are obligated to «finish» it, almost as if sexual contact were a slippery slope that we had better not step too close to for fear of losing all say in the matter.

Uncle Sam's long track record of stumbling down slippery slopes raises fears that the administration is seeking to duplicate in education what it has done in health care.

It's not clear why the rest of the task force didn't support that view, but some charter leaders have expressed fears that even a voluntary neighborhood preference could be a slippery slope leading to a loss of autonomy.