For him, there's no righteous high ground.
Popular music, and pop culture in general, are set up to be prime targets this year, stuck in the crossfire of a battle for the righteous high ground.
They committed themselves to carry on the rebbe's mission, and stayed for the pleasure of being so near the memory of a man viewed as so righteous that the ground in which his body lies is sacred.
Yet I think Mr Thiessen means to say that an official policy of studied indifference over the innocence or guilt of those held captive, and quite possibly tortured, at Guantanamo amounts to "robust US leadership" rather than a record of craven inhumanity that endangers Americans by supplying grounds for righteous enmity.
Instead, they were engaged in an effort to recover the way (Chinese: dao/Japanese: michi) for the sake of establishing a means to sagely truth, and a ground for a righteous political order.
Whether bad faith, righteous or on some moral middle ground, Ms. Love's effort may strike a chord with some members of the public who are beginning to demand that music companies justify their costs in the post-Napster era.
Stephen Fry has denounced Twitter for becoming "a stalking ground for the sanctimoniously self-righteous" after deactivating his account amid controversy over his Bafta joke.
He has given his reasons, saying, in his usual eloquent manner, it has become the "stalking ground for the sanctimoniously self-righteous".
A stalking ground for the sanctimoniously self-righteous who love to second-guess, to leap to conclusions and be offended – worse, to be offended on behalf of others they do not even know.
Early-modern peasant protest movements and uprisings were often grounded in the notion that righteous and humane rulers ought to provide for the just interests of society as a whole.
