Sentences with phrase «ignorance of the laws of»

His mutual compensation was possibly for political purposes of gaining favor or out of ignorance of the laws of the Bible.

Fortunately for Chopra, although ignorance of the law is famously no excuse in court, ignorance of the laws of nature is, and would almost certainly trump his public confession.

But just as ignorance of the law is no excuse, so, too, ignorance of the laws of nature doesn't mean that you will not be affected by them.

They're clearly relying on people's ignorance of the laws of thermodynamics, which mean that whenever heat is converted to another form of energy a large amount will always be wasted.

Not exact matches

Even more fortunately, ignorance of the law is no defense.

LET's Religiosity Law # 5 — The highest form of ignorance... is one dumbass Christian telling another dumbass Christian that they are not really Christian... because (insert whatever dumbass thing they believe differentiates them from each other)...

On Tuesday, January 17th, former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich said that the only way he would ever support a Muslim for the presidency of the United States is if that person would «commit in public to give up sharia» thereby continuing his trend to exhibit his ignorance on the subject of Islamic law (sharia) as well as his ignorance of the United States Constitution.

Ignorance of the law is not excuse to break the law.

Your ignorance of the Bible, particularly the division of law and Gospel are outrageous as well as you insensitivity toward your fellow man.

But the truth is, while we can put all sorts of laws into place, we can not legislate away racism or sexism or homophobia or any other ignorance.

For great physical and moral strength, man bands together to form societies and thus protect himself by laws and restraints and thus assure his freedom; he pools his knowledge and experience and transmits them to future generations to assure the conquest of ignorance and mistakes.

In physics, for example, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle or principle of indeterminacy has been interpreted in three ways: 1) that the «laws of nature» are deterministic, and that any uncertainty is due to human ignorance, which in due time will be resolved by science (Einstein), 2) uncertainty can be always explained by present experimental limitations (Neils Bohr), and 3) indeterminacy is an objective characteristic of reality Werner Heisenberg).

Even if we believe that the Universe doesn't make mistakes (that it is a place that follows laws and contains order (although we now perceive the nature of Chaos or complexity)-RRB- we experience our lives as if we were compelled to suffer at the hands of «mistakes» we made in ignorance.

The coming battle is really several different battles: a struggle within the Church to combat ignorance, misunderstanding and dissent; a political fight to maintain the freedom of religion for Catholics; and a public policy battle to form the law of the land.

james, stop showing your ignorance... there is nothing ethically wrong with a church expressing political views (especially when they are in SUPPORT of the administration in charge)... however the only way they could lose their exempt status is if they started breaking federal tax exemption laws... which they have not... so stuff it.

We are passing through a great cultural change in which the idea, long dominant in science, that chance is «only a word for our ignorance of causes» is being replaced by the view that the real laws of nature are probabilistic and allow for aspects of genuine chance.

Tragically, a large number of Bishops did not always follow «state» laws... whether trying to protect «guilty» priests, plain ignorance or viewing canon law as taking precedence over «state» laws (versus running parallel to them).

More likely than not, however, the slight differences we find between Luke and Paul in their accounts of the same events are due to ignorance on Luke's part, his lack of knowledge of the intricacies of Jewish law and custom, and his failure to comprehend nuances in Paul's theological interpretations.

You are quite simply wrong and should right in clear ignorance of law, as you certainly have done.

People close to the mayor say these two examples do not show any ignorance of the law, nor any indication there is a failure on de Blasio's part to understand the nuances of those laws.

Given the report's findings about police planning, and their apparent indifference / ignorance of the actual law around kettling, there must be a reasonable suspicion that the kettle was imposed without fully considering and exhausting all the alternatives.

In between shaming the poor and revealing their ignorance around what exactly they voted for, the GOP's principal talking point has been that the version of the bill that passed the House will be altered by the Senate and the ultimate law will be significantly different.

The way to resolve this is by way of a new wild mammals welfare law that would address such situations and any accusations of causing unnecessary suffering would then be tested in court on the basis of evidence, rather than prejudice or ignorance.

Ignorance is never a defence in a court of law, but in political scandal it has become the defence of preference.

It is amazing that the Commissioner failed or refused to realize that her impunity in not complying with the Constitution and the law in disqualifying the aspiring candidates disclosed more about her failure as the head of the Electoral Commission than the ignorance or lack of attention on the part of the aspirants in filling the complex nomination forms designed by her office for the Presidential Elections.

Either as a product of ignorance, total disregard for the laws of the land or greed, or all, Dr. Chris Ngige who, though qualified to contest the re-run, but has now accepted appointment as a minister under the Buhari administration, is watching as his party continues to muddy the waters.

Worse, she knows next to nothing about criminal law, court procedure or pressing justice issues, as proven by her preposterous display of ignorance in speaking with the Daily News Editorial Board.

A lawyer for retired NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant suggested his client could use the same defense cited by the FBI in clearing the Democratic presidential candidate in her email scandal: ignorance of the law.

On his website, Mr. Ashby called the state's SAFE Act, a package of gun - control laws, a «sickening display of ignorance,» while Ms. Doran wrote on her Facebook page that she «refuses to stand by as mass shootings cause immeasurable heartache.»

Its safety is provided in both its ignorance and the rigidity of Mother Nature's laws...

Animator and friend - of - The Mary Sue Leigh Lahav did everyone the favor of finally tying together Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law with this year's Birdman movie in When No One Gets Your Cosplay (or the unexpected virtue of ignorance).

The Educators Guide to Copyright and Fair Use When it comes to copyright law and the application of fair use exceptions, ignorance is definitely not bliss!

The second important lesson is the «Law of Ongoing Ignorance.»

If they know the law (a more likely scenario) then they are duplicitously relying on the ignorance of others.

But if they believe that this disproportionality is a result of charter discrimination then they demonstrate a complete ignorance of special education law.

During that session, she betrayed ignorance of the basics of the federal law protecting students with disabilities, as well as other key education issues.

Ignorance of the law they voted for and test they funded

Just like «ignorance of the law» is no excuse when standing in front of a judge, ignorance of the publishing process is no excuse when you produce a substandard product and it fails.

As it appears to violate federal copyright law, I don't see how it will be allowed to continue, but if it isn't stopped, sheer ignorance of one's rights could prevent teachers and students from being more creative and openly presenting their work.

Ignorance of current law do not exempt people from liabilities.

Debt collectors routinely take advantage of debtors» ignorance of their rights, flaunt the law that restricts their collection activities, and rely on intimidation and harassment to try to squeeze payments out of debtors.

There is a old law maxim, «Ignorance of the law is no excuse.»

Unless we are talking about a country's corpus of Laws, everybody is allowed to have the freedom of ignorance.

Additionally, claiming ignorance of the law or the violation won't save you.

And - since I and other taxpayers have to pay for the result of that kind of ignorance and irrresponsibility by funding shelters and dealing with the overwhelming numbers of homeless animals, I absolutely DO have a right to demand mandatory spay / neuter laws and will support those kinds initiatives whenever possible, especially in my own community.

It is a shame that so many allow fear and ignorance to rule them, hence the existence of Breed Specific Legislation, but someday it will become apparent to the public and those who make the laws that BSL does NOT keep the public safe but only brings pain to those being unfairly punished for something that has yet to occur.

Aboriginal people closely guard many of their traditions, legends and laws and after European settlement much of the evidence of the Fraser Island people's way of life was destroyed either intentionally or through ignorance.

I know ignorance to the law is no defense, but most people do not read the Terms of Service and, in the naivete of youth, are unlikely to properly weigh the risks of their behavior.

And to those several people who somehow claim that you can calculate anything meaningful about the complexity of a planet without demonstrating that you grok these fundamental «laws», you demonstrate an astounding ignorance of the method of physics — and planetary temperature is an issue of applied physics.

But since it once again exposes your scientific illiteracy as you deny the 2nd Law of thermodynamics, I'm glad to once expose your ignorance of science.