That kind of digging, of disrespecting authority, was a model for reinventing journalism, not comedy.
The board delved into his prison history and the fact that he was cited for disobeying orders and disrespecting authority during his five years behind bars.
Not among the better-known dissidents, he was initially sentenced to three years for "disrespecting authority", increased to 25 after he took part in prison protests.
The dissident, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who had been jailed since 2003 on charges including disrespecting authority, began the hunger strike to protest what he said were poor prison conditions.
Amnesty International said Mr. Posada, the one remaining Cuban inmate it considers a prisoner of conscience and thus entitled to immediate release, was given a 12-year sentence in 2003 for "disrespecting authority and revealing secrets about state security police," after he participated in a peaceful demonstration calling attention to the plight of political prisoners.
I love the fact that his father, as well as teaching young Richard to be interested in just about everything, also taught him how to disrespect, especially authority.
"Unprovoked attacks on police are up, disrespect for authority figures is up in general," he told me in an email.
Her parents felt we were disrespecting their authority and exaggerating the risks.
Before rejoining the department, Lopez wrote a paper focusing on the "widespread" problem of cops illegally arresting citizens simply because they perceived them as disrespecting their authority, which has been a common occurrence in protests in the St . Louisarea over the past two months.
In a statement posted Sunday on his Web site, Gordon said that he did not intend to disrespect Nascar's authority.
