Sentences with phrase «public mockery of»

The Barreau du Québec has added its voice to a growing chorus of legal groups calling for more public funding and radical reforms to help reduce what they say are ridiculously long court delays that are hindering access to and making a public mockery of the province's court system, particularly in regards to criminal justice.

But instead of the usual online petitions and angry blog posts, the indie devs have gone several steps further: They're calling Langdell out by changing the titles of their own games to include the word «edge,» and in the process, instigating a large - scale public mockery of the CEO's repeated transgressions against game developers.

Not exact matches

IoT technology has long garnered a certain degree of public mockery, of the «Why do I need my fridge connected to the Internet?»

Susan Alt, senior vice president of public affairs for Volvo Group North America, said the EPA's proposal «makes a mockery» of the company's investments to develop clean diesel engines and will «hurt a large number of small businesses who are not selling glider vehicles.»

I judged the people who helped usher me into this new season of my life in Christ, and I found them wanting so I held them up in my mind or in public for mockery and slander.

The reception of the Holy Eucharist is the most misunderstood aspect of the Catholic faith, and when the likes of such public policy - makers as Nancy Pelosi make a national mockery of Communion without consequence, there is little wonder why it has become a mere symbol of self - affirmation rather than the efficacious sign of personal transformation through the Cross of Christ and the «renewal of the mind» (Rom.

If you pray in public, in the United States you open yourself up to ridicule, scorn, mockery, the object of jokes, funny looks.

PCS says the government's announcement this morning about public sector pension contributions makes a mockery of the ongoing negotiations and proves that the government is determined to make people pay more and work longer in return for smaller pensions.

Sure, if the people in question had turned out to be millionaires whose receipt of public funds made a mockery of the entire nanny - state concept, that'd be one thing.

They've made a mockery out of our government and have violated the public's trust.

With intimidation, illusion and theater, Silver has made a mockery of the Assembly, pandered to public employee unions and expanded entitlement programs, inviting every Tom, Dick and Harry to climb on the backs of our taxpayers, costing us jobs and higher taxes.»

As the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) said: «[Governor Cuomo's closed door] legislative process makes a mockery of the core democratic principles of transparency, accountability, and public participation in government.»

The additional cuts to local government, transport and public sector pay will squeeze already - strained public services, making a mockery of the localism agenda and adding more pressure on the cost of living.

The long - running tiff was even a source of public mockery from then - Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at a New York political dinner just prior to the 2016 presidential election.

«They are making a mockery of the system,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who sponsored the bill as part of a larger push for legislation to close loopholes that he argues reward bad behavior.

It's confident that Saturday Night Live - level mockery is unnecessary to highlight the absurdity of what's being proffered to the American public — and what that public is eating up.

Even worse, because the move is «part of the Sheff desegregation settlement» it will make a mockery of the historic effort and the tens of million in public funds that have been spent to implement the Sheff settlement initiatives to date.

Writing in the Guardian recently, the social critic George Monbiot commented, «So I don't blame people for giving up on politics... When a state - corporate nexus of power has bypassed democracy and made a mockery of the voting process, when an unreformed political system ensures that parties can be bought and sold, when politicians [of the main parties] stand and watch as public services are divvied up by a grubby cabal of privateers, what is left of this system that inspires us to participate?»

The extent of these threats to environment journalists makes a mockery of the 20 - year old commitment by almost all nations on Earth to ensure that the public has access to adequate information about the environment and can participate in decision - making about how it is managed.

To do otherwise is to make a mockery of the educational principles of good schools like Uni High, and to do the public a grave disservice.»

It is the prosecution's view that the circumstances surrounding the burning of holy books like the Bible and the Qur «an imply that it may in some cases be a violation of the blasphemy provision, which deals with public mockery or insult against a religion.

Schneiderman said in a public statement: «As we've told the FCC: moving forward with this vote would make a mockery of our public comment process and reward those who perpetrated this fraud to advance their own hidden agenda.