Here the wedding industry swoops in, loudly appointing itself official counsellor.
This condition, not unreasonable in itself, is skewed because Israel has appointed itself sole judge of what constitutes violent action.
And if so, did Morozov believe that Twitter would be better at supporting internet freedom if it appointed itself an censor?
Not to be outdone by other cities, Udaipur has appointed itself the "marble city", a tranquil oasis with beautiful lakeside palaces.
The Black Caucus had recently appointed itself the fairness referee in the President's impending struggle with Congress, and if they had been wearing mood badges that morning every badge would have displayed the same message: Comfort Level Extremely High.
Travel from Argentina to Japan, Russia to Senegal, and you run into huge numbers of people who snarl about America appointing itself the world's policeman, squandering the world's oil or undermining global treaties and institutions.
Bongo Maffin, the South African band that finished its United States tour on Wednesday night at S.O.B.'s, has appointed itself the international ambassador of kwaito, South Africa's current reigning pop style.
Similarly, if a vehicle enters an empty segment, it will wait for t=Texp before appointing itself as the leader of that segment.
If this is the case, then a group of no more than several thousand has appointed itself the ruler of over a billion and a half Muslims.
When a certain segment of the population who has a habit of appointing itself the moral authority of America, denies gay people the right to privacy and complete exercise of civil rights, it very clearly tells young gay people that their love is a perversion and not acceptable -- a hateful rejection that gets internalized.
