Sentences with phrase «made pointed criticism»

David Miliband made pointed criticism of the 2010 manifesto, in full knowledge that his brother was responsible for writing it... something that was almost certainly lost on everyone else in the room.

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DiCaprio has been the target of much criticism and ridicule in the media, especially on Twitter, with posters pointing to the hypocrisy of someone who makes $ 50M from a single movie, owns a private j...

@Christine, Points well - made; your criticisms are indeed valid in some respects, arguably way off in others, but I get the gist of what you're saying.

When some asshat like you, just sayin, HeavenSent, Bob, etc. make blanket statements and refuse to respond to corrections, criticisms, or valid points refuting those statements, then there is no point in bringing up any kind of argument.

It's to the point with some Christian posters here that any criticism of their actions and religious beliefs garners the immediate judgment that the person doing so is being hateful when, in reality, they are only fulfilling that very same Bible observation made by Jesus.

To suggest that total voluntary exclusion and participation in an individual's self selected religious practices and spiritual life is somehow politically incorrect or wrong, or making it a target of criticism or political point, is nothing less than a display of ignorance and disregard for individual rights.

John Calvin under Augustine's influence explicitly says that God wills every event.17 The criticism we are making of St. Augustine can be made from more than one philosophical point of view.

Anderson's best points are made in criticism of Fukuyama's determinism and inexplicable faith in mankind, but he displays the same weaknesses.

But enough of this point; the distinctions we have already made will help me deal more briefly with Cobb's second main line of criticism.

To this imbalance we shall need to address ourselves in other connections For the present we must only point out that whatever just criticism may have been made of theological schools in other countries and times because they were too remote from parish and national church activities and because they overlooked their responsibility for training preachers, pastors, evangelists and priests, the North American schools with which we are concerned have not erred in this direction.

Pointing out what is a trend (not an absolute truth) in the comments does not make a post immature, but the language and the response to criticism will.

Ball makes a somewhat similar point, saying that «however praiseworthy we may find Bork's criticism of judicial liberalism, his criticism is basically not that of a conservative.»

On specific points James Luther Adams and Herbert W. Schneider made helpful criticisms.

Rob's response here does not really address good criticism, but it does make a good point at the end — you generally should not criticize books you have not read.

Referring to the criticism made by Peter Beyerhaus and some others that in the World Council's emphasis on social and political justice there is present a social utopianism which denies the fact of sin and affirms a self - redemptive humanism, Thomas admitted that the danger is always present, but pointed out the opposite danger of not admitting the fact of divine grace and the power of righteousness it releases for a daring faith in the realms of social and political action.

So far as religious conceptions were able to touch this reality - feeling, they would be believed in in spite of criticism, even though they might be so vague and remote as to be almost unimaginable, even though they might be such non-entities in point of whatness, as Kant makes the objects of his moral theology to be.

But Buchler, again like White - head, does much more than find fault with traditional metaphysics — he elaborates an alternative system of categories.1 Because his alternative categorial scheme is very different, the points Buchler makes in criticism of traditional metaphysics are interestingly different from those made by Whitehead.

This point can be made more directly and theologically as a criticism of process theology.

But the religion itself is against all other religions and peoples, so the point must be made in regards to each person's view rather than painting all criticism with the same brush.

But what makes Fish's book unique in this regard is not just the way he clearly wants to distance himself from the main implications of his own reader - response criticism: that the reader decides the meaning of a text, even to the point that the text quite disappears (the title of one of Fish's later books in fact plaintively asked, Is There a Text in This Class?).

The former Bulldog had 17 runs of 20 or more yards last season, and Turner, who is sensitive to criticism he believes is unwarranted, may try to make the point that the running game's struggles were about Tomlinson's declining skills more than they were about his play - calling, the offensive line or some other factor.

Wenger could have gone further, however, and said more about why Scholes was making the criticism as well as pointing out that it was unfair, as reported by The Mirror.

The Writers criticism of supporters waving WENGER OUT BANNERS is wrong.Supporters have every right to show their contempt of this man who has now made himself the point of ridicule and a laughing stock within the football world.Im talking opposition supporters, tv and press as well as the ever increasing majority of the Arsenal Fanbase.Who ever wrote this article has misjudged the mood of the support and is badly mistaken if he feels his comments will carry any credibility.How many WENGER IN banners are held up each match?The only chants for Wenger to stay are from our opponents fans.Of course they want him to stay.Why wouldn't they?

Wenger must make bold decisions, with the team he selected, i did not feel the urgency of getting three points from the team or see the fight expected and this has been a criticism of the arsenal team

McMahon does make a valid point, and he added another important argument that Mourinho will only risk more criticism if he plays negatively and City still win.

Whilst the main point of criticism made by Merson here is not rocket science and one that most will agree with I have become disappointed with Merson's continued sniping at my club even though he is an ex-Gooner.

too bad, you make salient points in the bradshaw «criticism» article; but otherwise, you carry on like a child.

As is the case with a lot of young playmakers, Xhaka's main point of criticism is his goal efficiency, with a very disappointingly low amount of goals and assists since making a move from Basel to the Bundesliga, as well as at international level.

Moreover in the interests of dismissing potential criticism that this article is, no matter how much I may deny it, merely a backlash from the Swansea defeat, I will finally make the point that the premise of the article was conceived in early January and thus can not be considered an immediate response to Liverpool's abject display at Swansea.

He saved what was perhaps his most pointed criticism for the effort to make it easier for the state to assume control over struggling public schools through the appointment of a monitor.

This is a legitimate point of view, but it is not honest to cite incomplete evidence to justify inaccurate criticisms or to create circumstances that make successful operation of the prison more difficult.

In interviews explaining her proposals, Mahoney made points that echoed Cuomo administration criticisms of Miner.

The criticisms made about George Galloway's involvement should raise some important issues, and Hilary Armstrong may like to wait before she points the finger so quickly.

In a 10 - page January response that summarized and expounded on the points he made in his letters to lawmakers, Wild also preemptively rebutted many of the criticisms that Republican committee members and the witnesses they invited made of IARC yesterday.

Clifford Lane, a deputy director at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made that point in his own presentation at the meeting, although he didn't single out the favipiravir study for criticism.

I think, you know, it's a good point that one of the great criticisms you can make of a meeting like this is that you are going to end up just preaching to the choir; but of course sometimes you need to preach the choir, you need to be able to share new information with the people who are already associated with the cause in the interest of trying to help them do their jobs better.

And although it's difficult at times to hold my head high amidst criticism from others, when it comes to the babble of opinion about me, I've come to a point of self - acceptance where I (usually) manage to make my voice the loudest.

I should point out that one of my main criticisms of that film comes from his choice to make his high school football games too action - oriented to believe, showing feats from amateur teenage players that would rival the most exciting plays in NFL history.

Of course, no one seems to take much of what Armond White says seriously (he also claims that Roger Ebert destroyed film criticism), but I think he makes an interesting point here.

But if we're going to give a pass to every movie that makes money, or hopes to make money, then there's no point in film criticism at all.

However, the points made by Matt, Christy and many others on the panel — do have relevance, in terms of criticism of the «action» and suspenseful movie — and what are the various ways, that directors, actors, scripts and projects, can generate these emotions of suspense and danger, within the movie viewing public.

Put aside that it's likely that both the authors of the study and the schools themselves have points in their favor — the full - time virtual charter schools themselves have in the past been transparent about some of their academic struggles, and, at the same time, in their criticism of the study, those same schools are surely right that the characteristics and motivation of some of their students for attending full - time virtual charters makes them quite unlike the «virtual twins» the study purports to have found for the purposes of comparison.

As evidence of how political Race to the Top has become, today's announcement of the finalists also provoked finger - pointing and criticism about who made the list of finalists, and who didn't.

SB 1458 encourages giving more weight to social science and science tests in response to the widely shared criticism that a math - and English - heavy point system had discouraged K - 8 teachers from making time for other subjects.

Stung by widespread criticism of the crude nature of its earlier models, however, Yugo takes great pains to point out the many improvements it has made since the Fiat - based car arrived here.

I have read this review several times now and i am having great difficulty locating any points made by the reviewer which are valid criticisms.

If you can point out a case where Onyx sold some devices with serious bugs and refused to make a software update, I would consider this valid criticism.

In that same Amazon article, they point out, «Yes, negative reviews can hurt sales in the short term, but over the long term, allowing criticism builds credibility and helps shoppers decide what to buy, Bezos says: «We don't make money when we sell things; we make money when we help people make purchase decisions.»

I have witnessed how positive feedback makes writers more receptive to constructive criticism, so I always point out what authors are doing well along with the areas needing work.

You make a good point about the value of that constructive criticism.