Sentences with phrase «seems callous»

Seems callous and moronic to me.

And, though it seems callous with crude still fouling the Gulf, keeping North American offshore drilling viable may pose less environmental risk than other options.

If the pace seems callous, don't blame me; blame the system, at least when it comes to issuing custodies.

«Given Cuomo's good background in creating housing for the homeless, and the fact that it's a constituency without political power, this just seems callous.»

Disinterest in an expression of sorrow, even if it is in protest of not including a different expression, seems callous and petty.

The problem is negotiating the disconnect between what can seem our callous, even selfish, urge for familiar distractions and others» rightly embittered rage.

Until now, the problem with starting that debate has been that if the argument against the TSA is that it is just such a drag, the anti-theater types seem callous and unserious.

While it may seem callous or strange (or like a red flag to any future detective investigating a murder scene), it actually makes total financial sense and is a common part of many divorce proceedings.

Not exact matches

The vast majority of WHITE jews (ie Neocons) in this country support the War and seem very callous about what is being done to the Iraqi people...

It seems mean and callous and uncaring of God to respond this way, but that's not how Job takes it.

Suave and superior, Luther found in him the same callous and patronising attitude which seemed to have inspired the texts from Rome.

Overwhelming suffering and the callous destruction of human life bring to the fore Leibniz's problem of theodicy: How can one believe in a God of love if the seeming exercise of God's power results in such repeated calamity?

It seems especially callous to cheat on and divorce a partner who's sick or suffering.

I wish the Dad were interested in this child, its growth and its birth... not me (99 % of the time)... his behavior makes him seem like a monster, so his callous attitude is a mixed blessing, I guess.

The home birth community seems to be inhabited by singularly callous people, who find that it is worth ostracising and ignoring loss parents, sacrificing other people's (and sometimes even their own) babies, and protecting dangerous midwives, all for the sake of avoiding any kind of discussion whatsoever of the risks and benefits of home birth.

I've noticed before what seems to be a callous disregard for the wellbeing of one of the «players» in this drama — the baby — whenever I read how parents, or potential parents, make decisions regarding pregnancy, birth, and some forms of child - rearing.

Most of these men are fairly callous individuals, but because they all seem equally doomed we wind up caring about them.

Dylan suffers at the hands of funny fat - kid bully Kevin (Julian Dennison), whose actions seem particularly callous given the recent tragic past; Grandpa (Terry Norris) is a randy old codger (wink - wink scenes with Dylan as he skips between bedrooms at the local nursing home are off - putting), who encourages his grandkid's imagination but seems ignorant of the financial strife his grief - stricken family is in.

But the real buzz seems to be revolving around two actresses who both play fierce and sometimes callous mothers, Metcalf and Janney.

But the guys are out of options and the callous nature of their swindling seems to justify the rash, ill - formed plan for revenge.

As with «Get Smart,» the mix of comedy and corpses in «Kingsman» becomes callous and clueless — in addition to seeming about 50 years behind the times.

What can we do as educational and cultural workers, at this crucial moment in history, when corporate revenue expands as the job market shrinks, when there is such a callous disregard for human suffering and human life, when the indomitable human spirit gasps for air in an atmosphere of intellectual paralysis, social amnesia, and political quiescence, when the translucent hues of hope seem ever more ethereal, when thinking about the future seems anachronistic, when the concept of utopia has become irretrievably Disneyfied, when our social roles as citizens have become increasingly corporatized and instrumentalized in a world which hides necessity in the name of consumer desire, when media analyses of military invasions is just another infomercial for the US military industrial complex with its huge global arms industry, and when teachers and students alike wallow in absurdity, waiting for the junkyard of consumer life to vomit up yet another panacea for despair?

To my Japanese American eyes, the Thai perspective on relationships, violence, sex, death, religion and history seem, not surprisingly, out of whack; both naïve and wise, expedient and fanciful, callous and loving.

When death stares you in the face, it seems kind of callous to say, «How can I make money off this for my heirs?»

What is it about the giant oil company that generates officials who can't seem to avoid stating things in unbelievably callous ways?

The General Electric workers in Peterborough or the Victims of Chemical Valley (VOCV) in Sarnia are also examples of government's callous disregard of their plight, and an onerous bureaucratic workers» compensation system that seems set up to deny the workers injured or made sick by their workplace.

However, it seems that the main disagreement is with respect to whether an initial callous comment or remark relating to politics or someone's political opinion or leanings «ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome», and therefore considered to be harassment.

When I expressed my perception of unfairness about the «condition not unforeseen» decision relating to my husband's illness, she compared it to a house burning down, which seemed a bit callous considering that his illness turned out to be aggressive cancer and he died less than four months later.