"It was gratuitous, a perfect example of what not to do," he says.
What Rosen said was inaccurate, gratuitous and a sad example of the way politics is practiced today.
The prosecutor's complaint recalls Al Pacino's classic but flawed 1980 film Cruising in its caricatures of gay sex acts, defining "fisting," for example, in a gratuitous manner that implied that some people don't — or shouldn't — enjoy the experience.
He seems to go far out of his way to be homophobic in his lyrics (adding, for example, a very unfunny and gratuitous Gianni Versace joke that has nothing to do with a song).
Take for example, the claim that it is wrong to inflict gratuitous suffering on persons, and sentient beings in general.
For example, it is known that low levels of the gratuitous inducer isopropyl β- d-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) do not derepress the lac operon.
The incendiary word "looting," for example, is often used to suggest that something dangerous, vile and gratuitous is taking place, though it describes what in ordinary times would amount to non-newsworthy petty theft.
François Hollande, France's president, for example, might conclude that cranky business leaders looking at tax increases need only a few gratuitous awards of the Légion d'Honneur.
This Telegraph article is a perfect example: "Alright, it's not elegant, and the reference to the Poles, Czechs and Latvians is gratuitous," writes Daniel Hannan.
Follow You and Go to Hell, For Heaven's Sake, for example, employ the same twinkly guitars, suspense-laden build ups and pained lyrics, which are either gratuitous displays of feelings, or sticking two fingers up at politics.
