("Getting involved with someone seemed like a cruel thing to do," Ming says).
"If the RSPCA and other agencies hadn't stepped in, Hugo would have been sold to unsuspecting new owners who, inadvertently, would be funding this cruel, murky underground trade," added Ms Lawson.
John Ralston as Ming the Merciless, cruel ruler of the planet Mongo, does not, from the premiere, look as if he's going to make anyone forget Max von Sydow from the schlocky 1980 film version.
Ms Pelosi described the ruling as "cruel" and "absurd" and said it would be repealed.
Mr Rajoy called the killing "a cruel, pointless, absurd deed" and said that he had known Ms Carrasco for many years.
Ms Triggs says the aims do not justify "the cruel and illegal means adopted".
The article Ms Gauthier published said that Xinjiang supported "terrorism and cruel acts", according to the BBC.
If the rumours are true, Ms Betancourt is being held near places whose names must seem like a cruel taunt.
"If we consider it cruel to produce it here, we should not be paying fur farms overseas to produce it," says Ms Bass.
Ms Kjaersgaard accused Danish Muslims of living at a "lower stage of civilisation, with their own primitive and cruel customs".
