"They give the most ludicrous reasons.
Fred Kaplan, in the online magazine Slate, described the real issues behind Hastert's action, quoting a congressional aide who expressed amazement as White House lobbyists bashed the Senate bill and came up "with all sorts of ludicrous reasons why it was unacceptable".
Sanctions are meted out constantly for ludicrous reasons; people are evicted from appalling housing simply for requesting basic repairs; families in hostels are moved far from home with no support; and many people have died shortly after being declared fit for work.
Flights were canceled for ludicrous reasons such as a burned-out bulb on a passenger reading light.
As the heteronormative wind blows, I think the drift is that gay bars are obsolete, for two ludicrous reasons.
McCullough remembers being summoned up from Maryland for increasingly ludicrous reasons, and Joanna delighted in manipulating her, using her friendship with Rachel to control her online behavior.
Organizing isn't the only way to get fired from Walmart, Megan Durisin at Business Insider put a list together that includes, among other ludicrous reasons, praying with a crying customer, defending yourself against an attack, stopping a shoplifter, calling in sick, and saving a puppy.
But it also an example of two worrying trends: locking up data which should be open, and the notion that the claim "it's for security reasons," no matter how ludicrous those reasons may be, is an unchallengeable magic spell which trumps any other consideration.
It calls the arguments advanced by Soca's chairman, Sir Ian Andrews, for failure to disclose the information "unconvincing" and his citing of the human rights act as a reason "frankly ludicrous".
