What slightly disturbs me is the liberal refusal to admit the consequences of 'Anybody But Bush', now the only glue binding the radical left to the Democratic Party right.
Or they have to step back from their pure a priori position and admit that consequences can play a role in the consideration of markets.
As a consequence, admitting possibilities that differ only haecceitistically would have no implications for the status of determinism.
Our jobs are too political, and we have to be too mindful of the political consequences of admitting any weakness in a public forum.
Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, if Judge Brinkema were to consider accepting the guilty plea next week, she would have to question Mr. Moussaoui closely to determine if he fully understood the charge and the consequences of admitting guilt.
Mr Mitchell quickly apologised for his loutish behaviour, but he could never face the consequences of admitting – maybe not even to himself – that he had called PC Rowland a pleb.
They're scared of potential consequences of admitting they have any doubts.
Even the current director general, Kenneth Plummer, has admitted that the consequences will be less quality programming.
And he admitted that the consequences of failure would be "grievous and far-reaching".
The temptation, when a great mistake has been made, is to seek ever more desperate excuses to sustain the mistake, rather than admit the terrible consequences of what you have done.
The option of lying and denying it didn't seem to occur to him - but then nor, he admits, had the consequences for the property market of his words.
