And less subtly skewed and resourceful minds than those at work in "Arguendo" (which means "for the sake of argument") might simply mine the obvious comic appeal of grandly dignified judges being turned into dirty old voyeurs.
Albie Sachs, who was later to serve alongside Goldstone on the Constitutional Court of South Africa, commented that Goldstone's judicial career demonstrated "that an honest and dignified judge who's sensitive to fundamental human rights of all human beings, even in the most dire circumstances, could find some space for concepts of legality and respect for human dignity".
It was a dignified, well judged performance that admitted that there were "lessons to be learnt" from the Princess's life and from the "extraordinary and moving reaction to her death".
However, "I think your best plan would be to get a cast of the bust of which I send a photograph…I have never seen the bust but judging from the photograph it is a good portrait and a dignified bit of work…I have no idea whether Lehr is still living, the bust must have been made quite 20 years ago.
Judging from the protest held at Columbus Circle, amid the remnants of Hurricane Frances, no one has yet figured out how to maintain a dignified posture while carrying a lighted candle in the wind and rain.
We much preferred the gentler, more dignified, more scholarly judges.
As an architectural application would have it, we likely judge Jefferson's University of Virginia campus as stately or dignified or evocative of democratic ideals because of the neo-classical design, the campus' place in histories of American architecture and university architecture, and its continuous rededication through the everyday functioning of an enduring, living university.
Although the commemorative artwork has been hailed as a dramatic, yet dignified, public tribute to the fallen, there are others who now say they expect more from their art and have judged it "trite" and even jingoistic.
She works in film, serious, lasting, dignified film - not the judge-central world of pop music of which everyone feels entitled to a piece.
It was described by the award's judges as "a dignified spiritual examination of heritage, loss and rebeginnings.
