He said he was not quick to find fault with the French conception of defamation, which views attacks on honor as a form of assault.
The journalist brandishing the gun on Sunday appeared to be Hala Misrati, who appeared on the channel in March to launch a fierce verbal attack on the honor of Eman al-Obeidy, a Libyan woman who claimed that she had been raped by soldiers loyal to Colonel Qaddafi.
Burr, sensing an attack on his honor, and recovering from his defeat, demanded an apology in letter form.
The "Commander-in-Chief" Judgment Test & Iraq: Beware of McCain's plan to leverage the Iraq surge's success and your opposition to it as an attack on the honor and valor of the U.S. military.
Kerry has been faulted for not having responded more quickly and forcefully to the attacks on his honor.
Ms. Boxer's proposal, which failed, called for the Senate to "strongly condemn all attacks on the honor, integrity and patriotism" of anyone in the United States armed forces.
His father's lawyer turns the inquiry into an attack on the Academy honor system and Cadet Captain Ladd, his accuser, who, in effect, becomes the defendant.
While that moment occurred at a private gathering, Tim Russert, who died suddenly of a heart attack on Friday, was honored later at a memorial service at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Acts that felt like an enormously special edition of the program he moderated, "Meet the Press".
They steal the people's money, they attack their honor on the main street; they kill people and put them against the rocks on the side of the road, and the cars pass by and see the dead body... and no one dares to bury him in the earth..
They steal the people's money, they attack their honor on the main street; they kill people and put them against the rocks on the side of the road, and the cars pass by and see the dead body... and no one dares to bury him in the earth...
Appalled at this totally legitimate attack on the nation's honor, the British government naturally responded to a cricketing issue by threatening to withdraw outstanding financial loans to Australia.
