The detective Paul Gerardi (Filip Peeters) was a collection of well-worn tropes in a predictably crumpled outfit with a standard unshaved look and a familiar anti-authority attitude.
"He's a charismatic figure and an icon, he symbolises that don't-give-a-fuck anti-authority attitude, but there's also this myth that's built up around him - he was shot on Friday the 13th, there are loads of theories about who killed him, some people think he faked his own death.
The court case raises several wider questions about the Cypriot authorities' attitude to a growing number of far-right groups.
Some analysts believe one of the four would bid, even if just to test the competition authorities' attitude.
Ender has logically decided that by crushing the other boy, he will prevent future attacks, a prophylactic philosophy that mirrors the authorities' attitude toward the buggers.
She says: "Some local authorities' attitude is 'we're not interested in the Rolls-Royce, we just want something that goes'".
The Chinese authorities' attitude to this blossoming of self-expression is ambivalent.
Unfortunately it can fuel the anti-authority attitude that leads many to adopt Islam in the first place, when in fact true Islam is not hostile to authority".
Authorities' attitude is a major challenge…" (p7) "…Election promises means they [elected politicians] are under pressure and don't acquiesce for projects to be slowed or stopped.
Authorities' attitude is a major challenge…" (p7) However, participants also felt that HIAs focusing on broad concerns to society as opposed to the interests of individuals was an enabler for HIA success in Iran.
Gay sex was decriminalised in 1997, but Sara Davis, executive director of the US-based Asia Catalyst, which supports grassroots activists, said the authorities' attitudes towards gay events were still very mixed.
