Some reports however indicate that the legend was not seriously accepted: Carlyle suggests that the prevalent attitude in French knowledgeable circles was "not to a recantation of an impudent amazing falsehood, but to some vague faint murmur or whimper of admission that it is probably false".
Unlike Germany, Japan never seriously accepted responsibility for its crimes during World War Two and I'm sure after it has helped facilitate the decimation of the seas its government will find a way to again deny responsibility for this latest crime, continuing to brand any criticism of its corporate fleets and seafood companies, "Japan Bashing".
If we take these ideas seriously and accept both ontological and ethical individualism as discussed above, then we are led to defend the individual's right to form and leave associations and not any special protections for groups.
Daytime TV exposure is all very well, he says, but he wants more than that; he wants to be taken seriously, and accepted by his peers.
The termination of unemployment benefits can, and sometimes does, have the opposite effect, because the loss of income can make out-of-work people more seriously consider accepting a low-paying job.
Though I publish my every movement — from the mundane to the salacious — on the site, and there might be things about my life that I wasn't sure I wanted to share with him, I seriously considered accepting his request.
We asked him whether he would seriously consider accepting a two-state solution following the 1967 borders if all major Palestinian factions, including Hamas, were to recognize the right of the Jewish people to an independent state in the region.
He didn't for a minute think seriously about accepting.
If the opportunity for full-time teaching presents itself, I would seriously consider accepting it.
Roberts says the players take their responsibility as "role models" seriously and accepts the press scrutiny that comes with their profile as international rugby players.
