Because, in a world in which the male body is currently being celebrated in so many forms – guys are now being applauded for "Dad Bod" (which gay men have long known as "bears") – showing a little leg shouldn't get anyone admonished from on the street, especially when it's not as though I invented short-shorts.
Even Chievo's fans applauded them after a 2-1 win over the Nerazzurri on Sunday.
Douglas has this year been widely applauded for his role in Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra, as well as helping to raise public consciousness about links between the HPV virus and cancer.
The 1,200 conservatives who gathered in Iowa for a political cattle call on Saturday cheered, whooped and applauded enthusiastically at speakers' sharp criticisms of President Barack Obama's response to Islamist terrorism, signature healthcare reforms and executive action on immigration.
On the eve of the match Ferguson had applauded the acumen of his friend and former colleague but could not have guessed that it would be quite so telling here.
Staffers say there is increasing pressure on the reporters to file stories which will be popular and reporters whose stories reach the top 10 are applauded by management.
The amendment also applauded the previous Labor government for opposing Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, and for branding the settlements illegal under international law.
The work of Iceni's founder, Brian Tobin, was portrayed in an award-winning television drama about the victims, Five Daughters, and is applauded by London Road resident Helen Lawrence, 62, a retired English teacher who is also portrayed in the film.
His forthright comments were enthusiastically applauded by participants at the Globsec conference held in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, over the past few days.
His speech was at times applauded by some of the SNP's 56 MPs, who were wearing white roses for the occasion.
Anyone who met his mother before his arrest would have applauded her for the fine young man she raised.
