Mr. Giuliani's refusal to express sympathy to the Dorismond family at the time of the shooting in March and his attempt to discredit the victim, which shocked even Republicans, has been called the harshest example of the mayor's aggressive style.
But some analysts today viewed the attacks, which killed at least 29 people, including 7 Americans and 9 of the attackers, as a harsh example of what happens when extremism in any form is allowed to run unchecked.
The Army, waging a war in Vietnam with so many black kids, was afraid of the influence the most famous black man would have, so it tried to make a harsh example of him.
The contract -- for $252 million over 10 years -- has drawn harsh criticism as an example of the runaway spending that is ruining the sport.
In one example of the harsh accusations, Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, said that while the president had not actually tried to rein in gun ownership yet, "he's hiding his true intentions to destroy the Second Amendment in his second term".
The case of a Somali-born man who was stripped of his British citizenship and recently sentenced in New York to nine years in federal prison on terrorism charges is being held up by civil liberties advocates as an example of the harsh US treatment of suspects linked to Islamic extremism and overreach by American authorities in the war on terror.
The Carson case is just a harsh example.
In the end, administration officials considered Mr. Zubaydah's interrogation an example of the successful use of harsh interrogation techniques.
Twitter, with an estimated 2,000 employees, remains the most intriguing example of the JOBS Act's contribution to job creation, and it has received some harsh criticism.
Sunday's execution in Park-e Honarmandan (Artists Park), near the crime scene, was part of a heavy-handed offensive by Iranian authorities, who say they are trying to prevent rising crime rates from getting out of hand by setting harsh examples.
