I read somewhere that this is how monks counter sexual urges.
When activists tried to stage an anti-homophobia rally in Tbilisi on May 17th 2013, they were attacked by thousands of counter-demonstrators urged on by Orthodox priests.
Around 14,000 counter-demonstrators urged people to welcome refugees rather than whip up opposition and fear, marching through the city chanting: "Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here!" The German Federation of Journalists union was calling on authorities to prosecute those responsible for attacks on three reporters at the Pegida rally.
Ms Lucas brought the debate noting that current policies are "often counter-productive", urging the government to "consider all the alternatives to the UK's failing drug laws and learn from countries that have adopted a more evidence-based approach" and calling for an independent review of the existing Misuse of Drugs Act, introduced in 1971, within the next 12 months.
Around 14,000 counter-demonstrators urged people to welcome refugees rather than whip up opposition.
In the fourth hour Mr. Schama follows the emergence of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, whose nationalistic urges ran counter to the English monarchy's desire to pound them into submission.
And, we might say that people who act on their urges, and counter to their best judgment, don't actually judge the alternative to be better, but do so only in some watered-down sense.
The ministers' alliance hopes to counter the unions, urging their vast congregations to oust anti-Wal-Mart aldermen next February.
Charities have condemned the use of PSPOs to tackle homelessness, with Crisis describing the practice as "counter productive" and urging councils to consider other ways to take people off the streets.
In patients of normal intelligence, rumination is not an intentional behavior and is habitually reversed using diaphragmatic breathing to counter the urge to regurgitate.
