Sentences with phrase «most oppressive»

KC, I'll briefly try to touch on your points: 1) Turkey is considered one of the most oppressive states when it comes to freedom of religion, specifically because it denies that choice, i.e. freedom to choose.

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

«Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.»

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has one of the most oppressive governments in the world - but also some of the best diving Great post from Divehappy friends Divester collecting together some good webpages about diving in Myanmar - formerly known as Burma.

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has one of the most oppressive governments in the world — but also some of the best diving

The Maxima was underwhelming, the Avalon was just a cheaper Lexus and the Charger had one of the most oppressive interiors known to man.

Don Hall, head of Virginia's dealer association, says GM's strategy is the most oppressive thing he has seen in 30 years of working in dealer - manufacturer relations.

A must - see biopic poignantly illustrating the indomitability of the human spirit, even in the most oppressive of circumstances.

(If anything, the film's fundamental message is that even the most oppressive optimists are incapable of changing the world around them.)

My heart goes out to its citizens who live as virtual prisoners and slaves under the most oppressive regime in the world.

«Instead of bringing taxes in line with other states, Mr. Cuomo would heap more bureaucratic burdens onto the backs of New York businesses already suffering under one of the most oppressive regulatory systems in the nation.

Britain is set to reintroduce «internal exile», a hallmark of the world's most oppressive regimes, in the wake of the increased security threat from terrorism — despite parliamentarians» deep discomfort about the move.

Food can be one of our greatest pleasures as well as our most oppressive jail.

That is why a theocracy is probably the most oppressive form of governance.

Ironic that allegedly after being an atheist, with all of the flavors of christianity she would convert to one of the most oppressive reliigions to women and gays.

When God decided to wrap himself up in flesh and live among us, he placed himself in the context of perhaps the most oppressive and cruel empires in history.

I personally like curling up with the Bible, a nice cup of coffee, and a piece of chocolate cake - three guilty pleasures that I know may not be good for me, but they help me forget reality during those times when it is at its most oppressive.

Of the girls brought into the harem, Michael Fox writes, «What is significant — and most oppressive — is that their will, whatever it might have been, is of no interest to anyone in the story.

And yet the just aspirations of the underprivileged and the generous idealisms of many of the privileged have been changed into the means by which the most efficient and most oppressive of all tyrannies has been imposed on many nations.

What's really amazing about denial is all the antichrists claiming they are «free» of religion and are living in the most oppressive time of history in ye olde USA.

It is probably the most oppressive, inhuman movement; To mention only one, their treatment of women is not better than that of cattle.

But the picture is so utterly lacking in any serious theological vision that all the audience hears is a mishmash of words gleaned from popular culture's assumptions about the man called Jesus — references to love, kingdom, power, sin, guilt, anger, forgiveness, not to mention that constant, most oppressive of all forces, the one who makes ultimate demands, God himself.

Is it possible that the most oppressive parents find in the atonement a conscious or unconscious validation of the abuse of children for a greater good?

Let the contemporary Christian rejoice that Christianity has evolved the most alien, the most distant, and the most oppressive deity in history: it is precisely the self - alienation of God from his original redemptive form that has liberated humanity from the transcendent realm, and made possible the total descent of the Word into the fullness of human experience.

Peace — Some disturbing remarks I've heard from tea - party folks compel me to remind Christians that even in the context of one of the most oppressive, cruel, and unjust governments in history (the Roman empire), Jesus taught peace, not violence.

«Patriarchy» is traditionalism but you can't just pick everything you hate and blame it on male rule because we had plenty of queens making rules over the centuries and Victorian culture being the most oppressive was by guess whom?

The Profit's Marcus Lemonis travels to Cuba at a time of historic change, and profiles a new breed of business owners determined to succeed under one of the most oppressive regimes in the world.

Not exact matches

The mission ended up being perhaps the most miserable seventy - two hours of my life — the heat was oppressive, we developed terrible sunburns, our food and water went low, and the insurgent never showed up.

Further, most non-supernaturalists that I know have nothing against Christians, they only despise the doctrines of Christianity that are incompatible and oppressive to modern society and personal freedom.

Even the most awesome and oppressive manifestations of an alien otherness are finally subject to a dialectical reversal, a reversal that has already occurred in the self - annihilation of God, but only with the extension of this reversal into every alien sphere will the actualization of the atonement be consummated.

I'm not suggesting that suspicious interpreters categorically reject the Bible; most of them believe it can contain both liberating and oppressive messages.

One can then interpret all that has happened through the domestication of plants and animals and the rise of cities as repressive of what is truly human and oppressive of most human beings by a dominating few.

Once again Islam is proven to be the most intolerant, oppressive, and violent religion in the world.

Most Pulayas were agricultural labourers and were held in bondage (adirna) or in a client relationship with their high caste landlords Part of the «privilege» of being such a client relationship was a right to claim bare maintenance from the landlord, and to a small share in the produce of the land It was a highly exploitative and oppressive system

The first involves the often inchoate belief that we can maintain the Christian alternative without explicit Christianity» or even, in its most virulent form, that Christianity is an oppressive force that actively prevents the realization of this alternative (which is, of course, no longer recognized as Christian).

Seriously, most of us who are «atheists» or agnostics or whatever, had to throw off the shackles of some oppressive organized religion.

Ali was thus a performer of what many, perhaps most, Americans then desired: more room for self - expression in what was felt to be an oppressive cultural system.

I recognize that most teenagers (and small children and tweens) feel at some point that their home life is too oppressive and they would be happy if they were just somewhere else.

They simply don't have the LEGAL authority to cut the overwhelming majority of their expenses and with the double digit cut in state aid most local school districts will receive, they will have to make up for that money by significantly jacking up property taxes... which are far more regressive and oppressive than income taxes.

Most of the time I'm very grateful I don't have pressure to dress up but sometimes, it's oppressive.

The northern and western areas receive the most rainfall, and summers range from moderate to oppressive in the south.

I might even find myself fighting suspicions that this was a function of the, er, non-Hollywood-traditional gender of said protagonist, except that Katniss is probably the most plausible hero — yes, she's definitely still a hero — that could come out of this oppressive world.

Unfortunately, it has an uncompromisingly oppressive atmosphere, which is the point but still makes it a tough watch for most audiences.

For the most part, Metal Gear Survive feels oppressive, demanding, and obtuse, and needlessly so.

An erstwhile member of the most cerebral and ruthless of the factions, Caleb has already expressed misgivings about their rebellion, reasoning that while the faction system is certainly oppressive, it also provides stability in a post-war society — which the very existence of his sister threatens.

Set just a few years in our future (2017), this takes place in an oppressive United States where the most popular TV show is The Running Man, in which enemies of the state must flee for their lives without being killed by the show's colorful «Stalkers.»

Director Takashi Shimizu - working from Stephen Susco's screenplay - has infused the proceedings with an extraordinarily deliberate pace that often borders on oppressive, ensuring that even the most die - hard fan of the first installment will find little worth embracing here.

(The lackluster atmosphere is compounded by Lawrence's less - than - vibrant visual sensibilities, with the film, for the most part, unfolding in oppressive darkness.)

Sayles» penchant for delving into the personal lives of even the most periphery of characters ultimately lends the proceedings a distinctly rambling vibe, however, and there's little doubt that the film would've benefited from some judicious editing (at 123 minutes, the movie suffers from a leisurely pace that often threatens to become oppressive).

Driven by a committed central performance and borderline - oppressive sensory design, Hellblade is a haunting and at - times unbearably harrowing experience, and one of the most visually - stunning games of the year.