Equally foolish would be continuing to countenance Hinkley.
Mr Geelani seems to be distancing himself from militants who continue not to countenance ever talking to the national government.
That the coverage is a thirty minute highlight package and the UCIWomenCycling Twitter account currently has 4,045 followers while the UCI President continues to refuse to countenance a minimum wage says a great deal about that disconnect.
What happened is not on the same scale as the massacre of Vietnamese civilians in My Lai, or, indeed, the routine torture of prisoners that continues to be countenanced around the world.
"Mr Cameron must also continue to make it clear that he will countenance withdrawal from the European Union if our continental partners do not agree to the better deal he proposes for the UK.
Still, European leaders are increasingly willing -- even eager -- to comment publicly on the possibility that Greece will leave, something they long refused to countenance, not just because relations with Greece continue to deteriorate but also as a result of their own preparations.
They continue to speak of independence, at least as a rhetorical goal something the government will not countenance.
Mourinho's refusal to countenance a break, highlighted in a statement issued by his agents yesterday, confirms he will continue to be his own worst enemy.
More than half of the foreign undergraduates I have recently advised on their choice of graduate school told me that while they think American universities are the best, they were not applying to them because they could not countenance continuing to study in a country they perceive as having lost its respect for human rights.
"Education is the major factor in social mobility, ending the EMA will mean that many students from less well off backgrounds will simply not be able to countenance continuing with further education".
