My sense of entitlement as someone who creates original work certainly played into this sentiment, but as the saying goes «I didn't speak up when they came for the appropriationists...»
For years we've snickered and groaned at Big Publishing's
sense of entitlement as the market has made its shift to digital.
Yet, i must say that it is not everyone who has developed a nauseating
sense of entitlement as you unfortunately have.
Not exact matches
As generation Y becomes an increasingly key part
of the workforce, companies are complaining about the expectations
of their youngest employees — and their unabashed
sense of entitlement.
But
as a psychologist, I am deeply worried about the rapidly escalating levels
of anger in our world — what's particularly disturbing is our increasing
sense of entitlement to express it in aggressive or hurtful ways.
Her «perceived
sense of entitlement and self - appointed role
as family spokesperson» in the documentary upset Buffett beyond reproach.
The Liberals received the final payback for decades
of arrogance and,
as Jack Layton so resonantly put it during the English debate,
sense of entitlement.
With a
sense of entitlement and complacence, businesses are satisfied with «business
as usual,» and rarely make thorough investigations into moving their business forward.
There is often a great deal
of talk about opposing a
sense of victimhood and
entitlement — which most people in my neighborhood would probably agree with — but we must recognize that people are still being victimized by police brutality and other forms
of trauma; they are entitled to both the basic necessities
of life
as well
as opportunities to provide those and more for themselves.
Power is probably the worst kind
of pride, it engenders a
sense of entitlement and views people and the world's animals, plants, and resources
as expendable.
But
as shocking and painful
as all these losses were, my instinctive response shocked me even more: the rage, the blame - shifting, the thirst for revenge, the bitter arrogance, the self - justified resentment, the dark self - righteousness, the control - hungry manipulation, the deluded rationalization, the deep selfishness, the perverted
sense of entitlement.
As I thought about how to apply these teachings practically, a lot
of strategies came to mind — putting the needs
of others before my own, buying less and giving more, humbling myself when engaged in political or theological debates, embracing rather than complaining about those «one - way relationships,» praying for others more sincerely, saying «yes» a little more often, working on that ubiquitous
sense of entitlement and pride that keeps me from going the extra mile.
Then for years they had to sit there and watch
as we the Arsenal fought with manu each season, and im guessing they feel it should have been them with a
sense of entitlement.
A serious player seeing the emergence
of Bellerin would have pushed to be repurposed
as a CB or DM rather than the stupid
sense of entitlement he's displayed.
As a result there is an absurd
sense of entitlement.
Girls need to understand that sexuality is something that comes from within and connects a girl to herself and to her desire and to her needs and her wants and is ultimately empowering
as she gets older whereas sexualisation is the performance
of all that and it's a performance
of sexuality and a performance
of sexual
entitlement that actually disconnects them from that stronger external
sense of self.
On the other hand, children who are raised
as the center
of the universe have an unhealthy
sense of entitlement - something that is rampant in today's society.
The writer
of this rant rails against practicers
of AP
as parents
as those who don't allow their children to play sports for fear that they might get hurt and ones who raise their children with a
sense of entitlement and no work ethic.
:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and
entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment
of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy
of guaranteeing regular payment
of pension benefits and
entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights
of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment
of those rights,
as well
as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State
as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard
of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their
sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending
of the Paris Club refunds
«I'm really voting against, instead
of for, because I'm tired
of the Town
of Oyster Bay and Nassau County corruption and the
sense of entitlement,» Taggart said
as she was about to walk into the polls at Hicksville Middle School.
Recent research found people with a greater
sense of entitlement are less likely to follow instructions than less entitled people are, because they view the instructions
as an unfair imposition on them.
Viewed
as a fable about the perils
of male jealousy and having a
sense of entitlement over the women they love, [Frank & Lola] works.
She's more interested in what caused it: the rapist's
sense of entitlement,
as well
as his buddy's «well, she asked for it» shrug afterward.
We're so up close and personal that it's hard not to share Florence's clammy fear and disgust, or feel the heat
of Edward's hot - blooded anger
as his embarrassment mingles with his
sense of male
entitlement.
Like «I, Tonya,» which was also based on interviews with its real - life inspirations, «American Animals» interrogates the slippery nature
of truth and a
sense of youthful
entitlement, even
as it manages to be wildly entertaining, funny and sad.
Nelson is a natural in the role, subtly establishing the
sense of ego and vulnerability and self - aggrandizement in the character with brave intimacy, and Basil Harris is just
as good
as the old friend he attempts to woo back, resigned to Nelson's pushy
sense of entitlement and slowly falling into old rhythms
of offhanded joking.
As the clips mount up, the
sense of smug, generational
entitlement on which many
of these films depended becomes depressingly clear: here, in clip after clip, are cocky young men (Jack Nicholson, Elliott Gould, Dustin Hoffman) venting their self - righteousness on cardboard establishment figures, a suspiciously large number
of them played by women.
For some bizarre reason the police task Partridge
as the negotiator, giving an arrogant man a
sense of entitlement.
The key points from each strand are highlighted
as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification
of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review
of EYFS; free
entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness
of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation
of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer
of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish
SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice
of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use
of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal
ECOT's inflated
sense of importance and
entitlement should be no surprise to anyone, given Ohio's reputation
as the «Wild, Wild West»
of charter authorizers.
Cuomo's arrogance and
sense of entitlement is familiar...
As is the apparent unwillingness to demand that a Democratic governor respect and support teachers and public education.
But given the conservative movement's other problems (including,
as Washington Examiner columnist Noemie Emery notes, a
sense of entitlement and embrace
of a victim mentality unfitting
of itself), the importance
of the movement playing a strong role in shaping systemic reform, and the need for the movement to update how it applies first principles to today's issues, it is a much - needed fight that conservative reformers can win.
But it seems to me
as if the growth
of e-books has led to a deeply unpleasant
sense of entitlement among a certain segment
of the readership.
Bonnier sees self - publishing's growth partly
as a reflection
of a social change — our desire to share more, to speak and be heard and our
sense of entitlement — and partly
as a result
of the recent democratisation
of publishing.
«We see self - publishing's growth partly
as a reflection
of a social change — society's desire to share more and a
sense of entitlement to speak and be heard — and partly
as a result
of the recent democratisation
of publishing.
The financial industry has promoted homeownership
as the «American Dream,» and many
of us have a
sense of entitlement when it comes to owning a home; we see it
as a true mark
of success.
As a result, these people often are verbally (and occasionally physically) abusive, abrasive, and behave with a seething
sense of entitlement.
In this way the Women
as Reward trope helps foster a
sense of entitlement where players are encouraged to view women
as something they've earned the right to by virtue
of their gaming actions, skills or accomplishments.
While I'm not nearly
as cynical
as Branford, I do believe that a growing
sense of entitlement is a real trend in modern society and I definitely don't think games are immune to it.
You know, BBD, you're straining your hive - conditioned, party - line flunky, pea - brain just a bit too hard with your little, over-wrought, unconvincing, reductio ad absurdum «proof» that «consensus» climate scientists are not, in the main, sell - out, toady, enablers
of the CAGW scam — toiling away (
as much
as a bunch
of parasite, suck - up, goof - off, sloth - freak dorks with a spoiled brat
sense of entitlement can ever be said to «toil away» at anything) on behalf
of your trough - provider, make - a - buck / make - a-gulag, ripoff - the - taxpayer betters.
This, unfortunately, is a problematic formulation, for
as it became clear during the conference debate, burden - sharing frameworks (GDRs and some versions
of the budget approach) which explicitly assign «negative
entitlements» to industrialized countries with large emissions obligations actually make
sense.
You can protest the nature
of social reality all you want, but it just identifies you
as a narcissistic whinger with a touch
of conspiracy ideation and a pathological
sense of entitlement.
Your
sense of entitlement is mind - boggling
as it is in so many
of the comments
of your trumpeting, new - found supporters on the comment thread
of the Financial Post article.
What should be a simple and straightforward solution to a very serious problem — «stop eating meat and dairy» — is made far more complicated by our societal attachment to foods
as cultural traditions and our general
sense of entitlement toward food.
While a rising elasticity contradicts the standard economic model in which price - sensitivities don't change much over time, Point # 5 provides a reasonable explanation: gasoline prices (and energy prices in general) had fluctuated so wildly for decades, and a
sense of entitlement to cheap gasoline had become so ingrained in American society, that it took a long time for households and businesses to internalize the rise in pump prices — to regard it
as real.
The Occupy Wall Street protests seem to suggest that on some level this
sense of entitlement is actually a desire among young adults to receive the same pay
as someone did for a similar job 20 years ago, or to see similar (or, dare we say, even lower) levels
of social inequality than in the past.
I conclude that they were driving properly and safely, and in his distorted
sense of entitlement to the road, Mr. McKay personalized their driving
as an insult to him and he chose to drive with revenge.
2) Personal versus Group Rights: For Westerners — with our
sense of entitlement to privacy and individuality — it always come
as a shock to see a culture where group rights often prevail over individual rights.
The child evidenced a grandiose
sense of entitlement in judging the mother's adequacy
as both a parent and
as a person, and the child displayed an attitude
of haughty and arrogant contempt for his mother.
As a child, you may have had a parent with a strong
sense of entitlement.