"We're doing everything possible to respect the footprints, but we cannot compromise safety," he said.
"Yes, laws were complex and intricate, but it was quite possible to respect them," Mr. Putin said in a speech to businessmen on Dec. 23.
"It is possible to respect individuals, to protect them from intolerance, while being sceptical about their ideas, even criticising them ferociously".
Philip B. Corbett, the associate managing editor for standards, provides this reasonable answer: "We try as much as possible to respect the terms and language used by religious groups.
As for intellectual property, it should be possible to respect properly drawn patent rights while ensuring that they are not unlawfully exploited for anti-competitive ends.
It is possible to respect someone's choices and bravery without being patronising, and it is possible to recognise difference without surprise, and yet many fail at these basic tasks of acceptance.
But he has since reconsidered his position, citing the uncertainty over currency and the need for Great Britain's solidarity to send "a powerful message to a world torn by identity conflicts that it is possible to respect our differences".
"Unity with maximum self-determination sends a powerful message to a world torn by identity conflicts that it is possible to respect our differences while living and working together.
So while it is possible to respect "Ferdydurke" for its once-upon-a-time power to irk and provoke, and to admire the unyielding, thorny spirit of the author, its prickly childishness doesn't seem quite so rebellious as it does, well, childish.
Some multiculturalists argue that justice and respect require that each group's traditions, beliefs, and values be regarded as equally legitimate; others hold that it is possible to respect a group while still regarding its beliefs as false or its values as deficient.
