As long as a writer intended only to enlighten others, prohibiting their speech would serve only to undermine the government by harming the opportunities to improve it.
"An exemption for performers would undermine the health message about the harm from exposure to second-hand smoke, and would appear unfair to the wider public in Wales".
China accused the American industry of protectionism that could undermine the global economy and harm international efforts to combat global warming.
The contrarians we studied--who systematically sought to undermine the scientific evidence of the harms of tobacco, acid rain, the ozone hole, DDT and global warming--engaged in many of the same kinds of behavior as the 'flexians' described by Wedel.
The committee stated that the proposed rule was "unworkable, will harm investors, undermine the management of companies, and erode shareholder value [and] would result in less qualified boards of directors".
So they deploy arguments that sound secular and pragmatic -- equality will somehow harm kids, undermine the family, destroy civilization -- to mask what really amounts to feelings of discomfort, resentment or simple opposition to sharing first-class citizenship.
In order to reduce drug related harms and undermine the power and profits of organized crime, the Commission recommends that governments regulate drug markets and adapt their enforcement strategies to target the most violent and disruptive criminal groups rather than punish low level players.
In addition, van den Berg neglected to report on the evidence of growing populations wherever DDT has been used in malaria control, a fact that would undermine the idea that DDT significantly harms human fertility.
So the question boils down to this: is the good done by the thousands of events organised by Climate Week fatally undermined by the harm done by the corporate greenwashing that perpetuates business-as-usual?
This attack not only ignores scientific evidence, but also threatens to undermine the proven public health policies of harm reduction.
