You don't have to look far for all sorts of uncompromising, doctrinaire, brook-no-criticism behaviour.
Within the European Union, Germany lobbies against one-sided criticism of Israeli behaviour towards the Palestinians.
Criticism of his behaviour is unlikely to dampen Mr Li's renewed hunger for a deal.
It was partly to deflect criticism of its behaviour in Darfur that the government made peace with the SPLA.
It is certainly a rather manipulative way of trying to disqualify public criticism of corporate behaviour altogether.
In March, however, the American State Department's annual report on human rights included harsh criticism of Russian behaviour in Chechnya.
"The government imposed a media ban to prevent this catastrophe from turning into a severe criticism of their behaviour," said Sinan Ulgen, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe.
Some, such as Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson, shrugged off criticism of their behaviour, content in the knowledge that their bodies had been revealed as impressively awesome.
Even the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has tried to secure China's co-operation in dealing with the epidemic by avoiding public criticism of its behaviour, joined the chorus of criticism on Sunday.
The US delayed the delivery of F-16 jets to Egypt at the end of July in what was scene as an implicit criticism of the behaviour of the Egyptian military since overthrowing President Morsi.
King's remarks, to the Daily Telegraph, are his sharpest swipe yet at banks, which had hoped that last month's Project Merlin agreement to increase small business lending would draw a line under criticism of their behaviour.
