To confess love of country today is to invite sneers from sophisticates, to court banishment to the supposedly lunatic fringe, to risk indictment as smug, stupid and reactionary -- or, vilest of all possible epithets, corny.
The climate camp activists are also threatening to disrupt Edinburgh festival events sponsored by RBS, one of the largest corporate donors, leaving book festival, international festival and fringe performances at risk of disruption on Monday.
In the view of General Motors, a big Muslim population is not enough, by itself, to suggest the presence of a radical fringe or a major risk of terror.
Officials argued it was in the national interest to bar Snoop Dogg, claiming the singer, whose associates are on the fringes of gangs, risked provoking violent crime.
Many of them risk becoming social fringe dwellers and social media allows disaffection, protest and bravado to multiply quickly, far more quickly than our capacity to respond.
Those who were living on the fringes will be more at risk.
"We see the risks from these fringe groups being represented in the parliament," said Anthony Gardner, the US ambassador to the EU.
For young businesses and borrowers on the fringes of the banking system, risk assessment that scours the online world for information is better than a loan officer in a branch.Third, the fintech newcomers will create a more diverse, and hence stable, credit landscape.
You won't settle for the fringes; you are bold, a risk taker, and ready to change the world.
It's a selfish behavior since each sheep puts the animals at the fringes of the flock at risk in order to save itself.
