As the jersey throwing was clearly a sign of displeasure with the team, we might question whether this can be reasonably regarded as a form
of abuse of power by the Toronto Police.
He magically combines the childhood innocence and dreams looking at a circus with the darkness
of abuse of power by society.
Not exact matches
Cho repeated the phrase when a reporter asked her thoughts on the growing pressure on her family to resign and an upcoming rally
by Korean Air employees protesting the family's
abuse of power.
«Just because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions
of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor
of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up
of domestic
abuse by players and just this month the hidden
power of Facebook to determine the news you see.»
In a statement, Nick Denton, the founder
of Gawker Media, who was also personally named in the Hogan suit, said: «Just because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions
of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor
of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up
of domestic
abuse by players and just this month the hidden
power of Facebook to determine the news you see.»
It was conceived
of by programmers advocating the use
of a decentralized and distributed network as a tool for ensuring that no company or state organization could
abuse its
power over others.
There is already evidence that the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign to make public the now - infamous Nunes memo — which alleges
abuses of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties with Russia — was amplified
by Russian bots and trolls online.
The document alleges
abuses of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties with Russia; it focuses almost entirely on FBI surveillance
of the president's former adviser Carter Page and is thin on evidence
of actual wrongdoing
by the FBI.
(The Nunes memo alleges
abuse of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's potential Russia ties.)
The House Intelligence Committee on Friday released a memo put together
by Republican Rep. Devin Nunes (R - CA) that alleges
abuses of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
Over continued objections from the FBI, the White House declassified a version
of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes's four - page memo on Friday, which alleges serious
abuses of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
The memo begins
by making a grandiose claim: The FBI's use
of surveillance
power under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the 2016 campaign was «a troubling breakdown
of legal processes established to protect the American people from
abuses related to the FISA process.»
There is no proof in the memo that the FBI is biased against Trump, no proof
of abuse of surveillance
powers by the FBI, and no proof that the investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia is fundamentally flawed.
Since Mr. Xi came to
power, China's leadership has recentralized
power to focus on anti-corruption and
abuse of power by officials, as well as developing big plans for market reform and opening the country to foreign investment.
The ensuing years were instead better defined
by arrogance, entitlement and
abuses of power.
The institutional church is so often like Satan... longing to be worshipped and obeyed; teaching that obedience to one scripture is more important than balancing them all; luring us to
abuse our
power to make a difficult path chosen
by God into a simple solution
of no new spiritual growth (Matt 4).
Because these people (priests and pastors) are held to a higher standard
by virtue
of their position, yet they routinely
abuse their
power.
To put it bluntly, the notion
of consent is arguably meaningless
by itself as the arbiter
of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because
of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and
abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social
power relations (e.g., the President
of the United States [not] having sexual relations with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).
Abuses of power and harm done are not ameliorated or excused or diminished
by whatever cultural or technological advances may have occurred during the reign
of the empire.
20 For the invisible things
of him from the creation
of the world are clearly seen, being understood
by the things that are made, even his eternal
power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: KJV August 21, 2011 at 10:50 am Report
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I do know there are dirty hands, and there was an
abuse of power by Pastors in leadership.
It is
abuse of power by narcissist in leadership.
At the same time, however, humor has a
power that can be
abused by drawing attention away from unanswered questions or
by making wisdom seem unwise; so, I think that the
power of humor must be handled with great care.
However, as evidence
of the fact that Christianity has no monopoly on the
abuse of power, our century has been checkered with instances
of gross inhumanity perpetrated not just
by post-Christian but
by anti-Christian ideologues from the right and from the left.
To me and to every victim
of spiritual
abuse by Pastors in a position
of power and influence.
As my Pastor at the time... spiritual
abuse by your hand, and an clear
abuse of power, absolutely!
The culture
of consumerism and the chase for material symbols
of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit
of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for
power and position; the spirit
of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many,
by the
abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated
by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network
of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded
by a culture
of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit
of substantive justice.
«Since the general civilization
of mankind, I believe there are more instances
of the abridgment
of the freedom
of the people
by gradual and silent encroachments
of those in
power, than
by violent and sudden usurpations; but, on a candid examination
of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and
abuse of power,
by the majority trampling on the rights
of the minority, have produced factions and commotions, which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other cause, produced despotism.
Islam holds that if a man trespasses on a woman's rights
by divorcing her without cause he is
abusing his
power and is therefore liable to be held responsible for committing a breach
of duty.
Every
abuse of power by this man is etched in stone.
Gregory thought that this was an exemplary statement
of the way to protest the
abuse of coercive authority — not
by overt, destructive, risk - laden rebellion, but
by a symbolic demonstrative act revealing the vulnerable moral credibility
of abused power.
Moreover, American distrust
of government has long fed on the
abuses of state
power abroad, whether
by despotic monarchs, fascist dictators or communist tyrants.
And how can the predatory
abuse of human
power in prisons against the most vulnerable in their midst be turned so as to allow willed spiritual vulnerability to be empowered
by grace?
The misuse and
abuse of religion to consolidate and maintain
power is not new to history, but this new threat, in new guises and involving such huge numbers
of people, is sufficiently ominous to merit major reexamination and modifications
of what we mean
by the terms «God» and «Christianity.»
This authority structure is typically described as a series
of «coverings» or «protections» but unfortunately, the effect is often the opposite, as
abused women and children find they have no recourse or
power, as every decision in their lives must be made
by a series
of men, many
of whom are more invested in protecting the reputation
of the ministry than the people in it.
Faith prayer has been
abused by the very material minded
power persons whose past lives have made the Family
of God feared and killed millions in the name
of God and Poor God had nothing to do with it - only evil men.
Democratic freedoms are, or soon could be, trampled on
by the misuse
of elections, disinformation campaigns, the concentration
of economic
power, and the
abuse of presidential
powers cloaked in the secrecy
of covert operations.
Another
abuse of power mostly, but not exclusively,
by men.
Through His incarnation and
by His infinite wisdom and foreknowledge, God slows the death and decay down, and rescues those who are perishing in sin and destruction, but frequently, due the nature
of sin, the consequences
of abused freedom, and the misuse
of power, God can not stop the natural results
of rebellion.
Grady is angered
by the
abuse of money, sex and
power by some Pentecostals and charismatics.
A third strand
of scandals surround the
abuse of power by some ministers.
In recent years, the Church has been blighted
by financial misdemeanours,
abuses of power and sex scandals.
Whatever form it takes, the
abuse of power by a Christian leader, whether in a local church setting or
by someone with an international platform enhanced
by TV exposure, can have a deep and corrosive impact on the faith
of individual believers.
Instead
of skirting the issue, much
of the heat the catholic church is taken would probably be alleviated
by simply just requiring those in
power to report
abuse to local authorities and levying swift and severe punishment on those who condone and cover up
abuses.
Because the Court does not seem to be disposed to correct this serious error, it is put upon the Congress
of the US to perform its duty to support and defend the Con - sti - tu - tion
of the US,
by the use
of its authority to apply checks and balances to other branches
of the gov, when
abuses of power and the exercise
of excesses
of power are evident.
In a letter to the Guardian, Jayne Ozanne, a senior member
of the general synod for the diocese
of Oxford, said: «
Abuse of power, particularly in relation to sexual misdemeanours, will never be dealt with
by those within the same said
power structures.
The Tablet could scarcely contain its glee over this apparent «
abuse» publishing a piece
by Gerald Renner, co-author
of Vows
of Silence, under the cover headline «Scandal
of Father Maciel», and concluding its editorial «For too long the Vatican has been taken in
by appearances, over — impressed
by power and influence.
The Subtle
Power of Spiritual
Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church
by David Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen
But even greater measures must be taken to protect our children, including digging to the insidious roots
of the problem
of sexual
abuse, the
abuse of the children, and the
abuse of power by the church.
In the Middle Ages, when the papacy
abused its
power by waging the Crusades, selling indulgences, and issuing simony, church leaders had accommodated to a culture
of greed and violence.