When I ask if his public attacks on Blatter and Fifa might have been rashly intemperate, his tone is nonchalantly defiant.
Getting self-righteous certainly won't make the crisis disappear, and Merkel would undoubtedly be measured against her own words in the future if she chose them rashly.
The protests were sparked by Mr Compaoré's attempts to lean on the parliament to lift a two-term limit on his time in office that he had rashly written into the constitution.
More rashly, given the passions aroused by the European Union among some British voters, one of the fiercely bright young diplomats at the British mission to the EU in Brussels has also been given a blog to write.
"Greece is the most secure country in the world," said the deputy defence minister, Ioannis Lampropoulos, perhaps rashly.
Rashly, he described the successful auction as a victory for market forces over "bandit capitalism"—provoking outrage in the Berezovsky and Gusinsky camps.
Adobe even boasted rather rashly, as it turned out that over 100 such programs had already done just that.Does Apple's latest clamp down on Flash mean that people who have bought iPhones, iPods and iPads are now stuck with a crippled version of the web?
These (apart from a centrally managed reserve fund) are currently in the hands of local officials who have a tendency to invest them rashly or to pocket them.
As for moral hazard, the expectation of future bail-outs may prompt managers and unions in other industries to behave rashly.
Still, this week's admission by its prime minister, Saad Hariri, that he had acted rashly and wrongly by accusing Syria of his father's murder ranks as a particularly lurid change of hue.
It has, possibly rashly, asked to be judged on its record of improving the quality of key public services.
