"And it's not nearly as heinous as tear-gassing hundreds of people who are being peaceful".
Is this to say that in the present context, nonviolent, psychologically astute interrogation is as heinous as torture?
Forcing women to wrap themselves up so they don't tempt innocent men is as heinous as slavery.
Still, in a few cases, experts say, the crimes of federal death row inmates do not seem as heinous as most others, creating troubling anomalies.
Millions of young singles are enjoying it pre-pub while knocking back vodka, and Febrezing items from the washing basket, joyous they're not as heinous as any of Paddy's contestants.
Perhaps the years have also been kind: as crimes go, having your private life raked over by the tabloid press, leading to the attendant public wronging of Cheryl Cole, is perhaps not quite as heinous as it once appeared.
I wanted this trial to be a way to demonstrate to Iraqi people that even someone as heinous as Saddam Hussein has rights, and respect of these rights is one of the principal tests of due process".
One of the most damning witnesses was none other than Tinker Dave Beatty, whose offenses on behalf of the Union were arguably as heinous as those of his long-term adversary, but who had the good fortune to have come out on the winning side.
Unable to understand why her beloved heroine would share what she regards as heinous political views, she resorts to this dubious explanation: that Alice leads "a life in opposition to itself," that she loves Charlie, but thinks he's so inept at governance that she actually voted in 2000 for his opponent, whom she sincerely believed "would do a better job".
Although it was nowhere near as heinous as their 11th-inning implosion Monday, Manuel was not so pleased that Daniel Murphy got picked off first in the top of the inning, then botched Juan Pierre's leadoff liner for a two-base error.
On close inspection, though, the changes proposed aren't either as heinous as some think, or as innocuous as others think.
