Further consequences include: (b) a serious affront to democracy.
It is not only far too dangerous for them personally but an affront to the wider community that understands the mandatory nature of the rule book.
That wasn't the subject of my column, but since you asked, I think Stand Your Ground is — aside from being a dangerous endorsement of cowboy behavior — an affront to law enforcement.
The irony of this tragically misguided and dangerous "patriotism" is that it is a direct affront to one of the best parts of "American Exceptionalism," which is innovation.
The odds against the success of such an affront to authority are long, the gamble is dangerous, and only a very few make the attempt.
He termed his imprisonment an affront to free speech and said that it was dangerous for him to discuss his views before he left Austria but that "I think Mel Gibson was right".
But for others, unclad bodies are an affront to civility, a source of discomfort and a potentially dangerous attraction for pedophiles.
Hambledon & London; 256 pages; $39.95 and £19.99So very Anglo-Saxon in his wit and wisdom, William Shakespeare was regarded as highly dangerous when he first became known to the French in the 1720s an affront to taste and the values of classical drama.
The second was against reforms aiming for more flexible work contracts in 2006 – the bill was aimed at young workers and students, who saw it as a dangerous affront to their rights and fought back.
These theatrics vary, and, while dangerous and dramatic, they are considered by some matadors and purists to be an affront to the dignity of their adversary.
