Given the intense scrutiny to which the UK's anti-intellectual society subjects the public funding of arts organisations, this cliche has been used in turn to deny that opera itself has any value – a logical absurdity, but one that corrodes any further discussion and clearly deters many from trying their first live opera performance.
Students at leading UK universities have condemned a new government counter-terrorism bill, which they fear will deter discussion of radical ideas on campus and have a "chilling effect" on the relationship between students and staff.
A Beijing academic, Cui Weiping, told a gathering of intellectuals called to commemorate it that the party's campaign to deter public discussion of Tiananmen, and public acquiescence to it, had damaged China's "spirit and morality".
Mr. Bush's comments also signaled that he would not be deterred from a discussion of character and a sometimes values-based appeal to voters by the revelation this week that he had been arrested for driving while intoxicated in 1976.
The fear and shame caused by stigma discourage honest discussions about safer sex, and deters many from knowing their status.
A series of discussions were conducted with study staff and trial participants that asked specific questions about their perceptions of the negative consequences of reporting non-adherence, and whether procedures that were already in place would deter the open discussion of challenges to product use.
Leaving aside law enforcement concerns, what will the effect on the country be if ordinary citizens are deterred from the free discussion of political issues?
The discussion also raised the issue of deterring children from accessing refrigerated medications, which is a measure addressable in the intervention phase of the project.
But whatever the intention, he said, the systems under discussion would destroy China's ability to deter nuclear attack by neutralizing its relatively small force of nuclear missiles.
The New York Times suggests that the lawsuit could actually give Zennstrom and Friis an edge in any discussions, since it could deter other interested parties from making a bid.
