In February 2012, he implied that the UK under the Premiership of Margaret Thatcher was a more fertile ground for dissent in the arts: "Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made.
From then on, in contrast to many in the church, he saw grounds for nothing but dissent, complaint, and, eventually, conspiracy against the irreligious excesses of the state.
There may be no common ground but ample cause for dissent and plenty of dissension in between, but if and when the high court of the land, after carefully weighing the issues on either each side hands down its sacred verdict, all parties abide by it peacefully albeit reluctantly.
In the years since the twin towers fell, ground zero has been a magnet for dissent and dysfunction.
Four catches went to ground and Stuart Broad was fined 30% of his match fee for dissent when allegedly asking the umpires to get on with the game.
Second, despite the fact that the supply-side faith has no grounding in reality, within the Republican Party there is little room for dissent on the subject, as Jonathan Chait details in his new book, "The Big Con".
Diame is booked for dissent.
Coutinho, already booked for dissent, invited trouble from the referee, Kevin Friend, when he sent Payet tumbling while lying flat on the ground.
The "new era" will see less scope for dissent.
