John Whittingdale, the Conservative chairman of the culture select committee said: "If MPs think the law is wrong then we should change the law rather than flout the law".
Shouldn't the people's will be legitimized rather than flouted?
Rather than flout custom completely, some women stick with the traditional gown but "go all out with their shoes to add an element of whimsy and reflect their personality," she said.
It is no coincidence that Iranian authorities are charging Ghavami with propaganda against the regime, rather than simply flouting a social code.
If Disruptive entrepreneurs are so clever, I argued, they'll find a way to either work within the law, or to lobby to have it changed, rather than simply flouting it.
Mr. Corbett said, "I would view this as a carefully considered exception to the rules, rather than a flouting of them".
So I freely concede we are rather flagrantly flouting the Constitution across a considerable range of federal programs.
Corporate lobbies routinely block laws that would impose stiffer penalties -- and would thusly serve as real incentive for businesses to change their behavior rather than cut corners, flout the law, and put human lives at risk.
Given the questions that were raised about the pact last fall -- the European Commission's president, Romano Prodi, famously labeled it stupid -- Berlin and Paris could have led a reappraisal of the rules, rather than simply wait to flout them.
It merely announced it had "made it clear" that Centrica customers should be "correctly informed" rather than officially sanctioning it for flouting the law.
