Some people will see this as an example of the destructive craziness of religion, and perhaps it is, but it is also an example of the way in which theology is only powerful and important when it is wrapped up in identity.
The potential energy released in a gas line rupture at Indian Point is equivalent to that from a massive conventional bomb; the 2010 explosion and fire in San Bruno, Calif., is an example of the destructive force, which a pipeline rupture can unleash.
Mr Maksoud, a former Arab League ambassador to the UN, is Lebanese.Pierre HabshiBeirutCuban missile crisisSIR – When Condoleezza Rice declares the Cuban blockade an example of "forestalling certain destructive acts against you by an adversary", she gives an interesting interpretation of the Cuban missile crisis ("Caveat pre-emptor", June 22nd).
Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, has used the blockade of Cuba in 1962, which stopped the Soviet Union putting nuclear-tipped missiles on the island, as an example of ways to "forestall certain destructive acts against you by an adversary".
Granovetter took riots as one of his main examples, because a riot is a case of destructive violence that involves a great number of otherwise quite normal people who would not usually be disposed to violence.
That lesbian countess, one of the play's shocking figures in Wedekind's day, here represents unrequited desire, one more example of destructive longing.
Of course Tinder isn't the only dating app, it's just an example of a reductive mode of framing people and a destructive way of communicating with each other.
By achieving greatness despite severe physical disabilities and a self-destructive lifestyle, President Kennedy stands as an example of remarkable grit and character.
