Establishing a framework for international cooperation and increased surveillance of emerging health threats is no doubt laudable.
Fighting hate speech is no less laudable a goal.
The educational and social concerns set out in the report are, no doubt, laudable ones, but in the end they will have little impact given the immediate repercussions that the extension of this tool will have for the people of Europe.
But should the DEA be meddling in any operations beyond its brief, no matter how laudable?
There is a rigorously enforced no cellphone policy, laudable but perplexing given the din and loud music.
But that investment must truly be in basic research and not tied to the applications of any specific company, industry or social goal, no matter how laudable.
Even after Sept. 11, 2001, Mr. Gates said, "in the absence of a draft, for a growing number of Americans, service in the military, no matter how laudable, has become something for other people to do".
In an article that included a stinging reminder of the role Mr. Hart played as the antiwar campaign manager of George S. McGovern's disastrous 1972 presidential campaign, he asserted: "No matter how laudable or well-intended, the anti-war, peace-at-almost-any-price position is a loser for Democrats".
No matter how laudable the intention, the results proved disastrous.
That the increased presence of women and minorities on the force — laudable, no doubt — hasn't fundamentally lessened the country's system of social domination should sober enthusiasts of police reform.
