But America's justice system already has ways of punishing people who have committed acts vile enough that they forfeit their place in society: we can sentence them to spend their lives in prison, where they would not receive food stamps (instead they would eat and sleep at taxpayer expense forever a subject for another post).
She characterized the puppet act as "vile and vicious".
The Italian foreign ministry expressed "deep horror over the barbaric murder" and denounced "in the strongest manner the act of vile and senseless violence committed by extremists who are indifferent to the value of human life".
Scott Ian of Anthrax posted in his website: "Philip's acts were vile and that should be the focus here, anything else is just noise.
In the book, Who Told You That You Are Naked?, which was published in 2013, Cochran describes himself as a devout Christian and condemns homosexual acts as "vile, vulgar and inappropriate".
Despite the general's reported "critical" condition, Indonesia's attorney-general vowed to press ahead regardless with civil proceedings against him.Until recently, heads of state and government, past or present, were commonly seen as immune from prosecution for acts, however vile, performed as part of their official functions.
"These acts are vile, offensive, and unacceptable, to say nothing of cowardly.
He justifies this vile act by citing polls showing that Catholics support the rule.
This vile act offended not only a free and sovereign country, but his own voters as well.
Today, the chief of the defense staff, Diabakate Soumahila, condemned the incident on Monday as "a vile act".
It was an uncharacteristically vile act performed by a man almost universally held in the highest of regard and one for which he later apologised.
