It allots a clear and defensible function to punishment (social defense) without yielding to atavistic demands for retaliation or to illusory deontological demands for pure retributive justice, and without pretending that the punishments it metes out are "deserved" in any fundamental sense.
Moreover, only start-ups with defensible businesses that exist in areas without incumbents will have the opportunity to become big companies, according to Mr. Sacks.
"It is a dangerous precedent for the world that the US and UK think it completely defensible to hold thousands of people without charge or trial," Amnesty spokesman Neil Durkin said.
We cannot make a defensible conclusion based on these findings without examining how these crime data were recorded (or collected), which crime types were measured, or determining which country's data among the non-U.S.
It took a broad swipe at the administration's argument that some of its policies — like the indefinite detention of prisoners without charge at Guantánamo — were defensible under laws of armed conflict.
And is it ever ethically defensible to change your relationship status to single without first notifying the person whose heart you're crushing?.
Consumer products, without benefit of a unique and defensible IP, have a difficult time in the market.
It would also make Fitbit's platform a bit more defensible against "dumb trackers" that only provide analytics without actually helping users to get off the couch.
But had the provisions really been confined to purely private disputes without affecting shareholders, they might have been more defensible in the federal court.
Basecamp became one of the most popular productivity platforms for small businesses without it, but that position looks a little bit more defensible now that it does.
