In signs of a turning point in attitudes, however, some cities are taking strong action.
Last week, a Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty and now faces five years in prison for dumping a trove of nude celebrity images, some including actor Jennifer Lawrence, in 2014 – an event now thought of as a turning point in attitudes toward celebrity privacy.
TEN years ago, at the inflection point in attitudes to the AIDS epidemic when both drugs and money to deal with it were rapidly becoming available in serious quantities, there was an acrimonious debate between medical experts and activists about what to do with those drugs and that money.
"We are reaching an international tipping point in attitudes towards rape and violence against women," WAM! executive director Jaclyn Friedman wrote.
Actually, if these songs were any darker or more pointed in attitude, this album might have had to have been titled Rated NC-17.
In the many parts of Asia where anti-Japanese sentiment runs deep, the disasters may even mark a turning-point in attitudes, bringing a new respect and warmth to perceptions of Japan.Hostility towards the country in what bankers call "ex-Japan Asia" has fluctuated, and, especially in China, has at times been manipulated by governments.
They say Americans may have reached a turning point in their attitude to union organizing.
But the attack on Saturday in Bali, in which many of the victims were foreign holidaymakers, seemed to mark a turning point in their attitude.
Several politicians say the Sochi criticism was a turning point in their attitude towards the west, which may even have affected subsequent events in Ukraine.
A turning point in our attitude to politicians' honour was a case, which, although now forgotten, was sensational in its day: Sir Gerald Nabarro and the Totton roundabout.
