"Because Japan sees itself as a classless society, highlighting such differences would be contrary to Japanese norms," Mr. Okamoto says.
The archbishop wrote back, saying it would be easier to discuss the issue if opponents documented how the work was contrary to liturgical norms.
Conason describes Clinton's gambit as "risky" and contrary to the norms against former presidents criticizing or interfering with the administration of a sitting president.
"Targeted sanctions serve as a warning that acts contrary to basic norms of justice and human rights cannot be committed with impunity," said the NLD.
Coupled with the threat to remove benefits and to evict the families of rioters from their homes, we are seeing a response that risks becoming excessive and contrary to the norms of justice.
We call on G4S to show it has a conscience and terminate its contracts with facilities where children suffer routine physical and verbal abuse, contrary to the norms of civilised society.
Contrary to the norms of journalism, however, Mr. Assange sometimes obtained such records unethically — including, according to a separate federal indictment unsealed Thursday, by trying to help now-former U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning hack into a classified U.S. computer system.
"Canada is deeply disappointed the Pakistani Government did not heed the international call for restraint but chose to act in a manner contrary to international norms," Mr. Chretien said.
It blamed "misguided government policies" for the country's hardships and said: "Targeted sanctions serve as a warning that acts contrary to basic norms of justice and human rights cannot be committed with impunity".
The most common example involves things like the World Bank coming up with a plan about water use in some part of the world without studying how people actually think and use water, simply imagining a kind of technocratic solution with no local input, and it turns out to be totally ineffective because it runs contrary to cultural norms and everyday life.
No matter how advantageous your position is for you, if your organization holds to a point of view that's contrary to social norms, be prepared for the fallout.
