God forbid you transgress those boundaries".
Those who transgress in scent-free zones may be asked to wash.And about time, too, it should be said.
But will the leaders have the courage to apply it for example, against Mr Chavez, were he to transgress democratic norms in future?
In theory, a politician may still transgress beyond what is acceptable, but Bill Clinton's presidency has shown how difficult it can be to reach this boundary.The problem of some politicians is that they just do not seem to possess the protean emotions which the age demands.
There is speculation that it has a right of first refusal on BP's share and, further, that any disclosure of TNK-BP's confidential accounts would transgress its agreement with BP, making a sale to an outside party impossible.
Haryana, a socially conservative state in north India, is notorious for frequent murders of young men and women who transgress.
They ensured good behaviour by having miscreants publicly flogged.Today's referees lack such deterrents and professional sportsmen can transgress in a way that their classical predecessors could scarcely have imagined.
Gary Hufbauer, of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC, argues that American subsidies transgress WTO norms.Helpful ambiguityHowever, WTO action against subsidies is not straightforward.
Since the Iranians, theoretically, will get only transit revenues, the Americans have now decided that the deal does not transgress their edict.A short time ago, the Americans might have automatically opposed an arrangement that included piping oil or gas across Iran.
It attacks Mr Berlusconi's lawyer for describing prostitutes as "goods", and a man who pays them as an "end-user".Noting that politicians in other countries who transgress moral standards often resign, Famiglia Cristiana asks, "why is Italy so different?" Yet Mr Berlusconi is a man of resolve: comparisons with other countries will cut little ice.
In the same speech, Mr Bolkestein was also willing to transgress the unwritten rule that you do not make rude-sounding comments about EU countries.
