But then there's the guilt of that cop-out, of treating him as impenetrable and bland and perhaps benignly harmless or at least inevitable.
It is a benignly untroubled exposition of the carnivore's natural prerogative and screenwriters might perhaps now feel constrained to acknowledge more explicitly the herbivores' existence.
He is grumbling benignly, like Turner in the film.
He calls his co-workers "boss" in the singular and "troops" in the plural, and there is something benignly martial about him.
And their supporters insist that Downing Street is not behind their activities - although it is "watching benignly".
Perhaps it's obvious, perhaps not.
Within its limits, the exhibition is benignly ecumenical.
We cannot allow a power like this to operate, unchecked and unobserved, even if it is currently used benignly.
By which I mean it's got a definite track focus - this is not a benignly upgraded Cayman with soothing road manners.
Because foundations tended to fund liberal causes, they were regarded benignly by most liberals, when they were regarded at all.
