Mencius is rejecting the analogy between compromising on ritual propriety to save the country and compromising on propriety to save one's sister-in-law.
Critics have accused her of getting too cozy with Turkey and the decision on Friday to pass the case to a prosecutor could fuel more accusations that she is compromising on values like the freedom of expression to secure Turkey's continued cooperation on the refugees.
Rather than driving inefficient cars that eat our hard-earned cash, paying through the nose for ever more expensive imported gas to heat and light our homes, and compromising on the kind of world we leave for our children and grandchildren, we should cut our dependence on fossil fuels now.
We must make these homes affordable, without compromising on quality.
Later they drew fire for compromising on legislative mandates.
Compromising on the Caspian will help a lot.
But then you are compromising on your own story.
In some ways, he is a throwback to a gentler time of civility and commonality, when compromising on issues wasn't viewed as compromising on principles.
But does standardisation and cheaper buildings automatically mean compromising on creative design?
