Can you look at them and tell me you oppose birth control?' He cracked up and said, 'That's an unfair argument and you know it,' but the subject and nature of the discussion would have been unthinkable without that solid relationship".
In this climate, many see inter-faith relationships as unthinkable.
That made some sense a few decades ago in an oppressive society in which same-sex relationships were unthinkable for most people.
Cohabiting couples were advised to "contemplate and address the unthinkable … namely that their relationship will break down and will fall out over what they do and do not own".
To our panicked eyes, such a relationship would be unthinkable — or, if thought about, nipped in the bud.
Yet even such a relationship – close to unthinkable in a British context – would have needed business keen on creating value rather than a high share price and a government setting some ambitious targets backed by spending the necessary billions.
For Lane, whose 2004 essay was occasioned by the release of the Johnny Depp film, "Finding Neverland," time has only increased the strangeness of Barrie's interest in the Davies children: To our panicked eyes, such a relationship would be unthinkable — or, if thought about, nipped in the bud….
Some single women found it unthinkable to start a sexual relationship as long as they suffered from prolapse, and therefore they resisted.
Under the last president, Hosni Mubarak, regarded by Israel as an important strategic ally, any relationship with Hamas would have been unthinkable.
Standard Life has added to the business community's concerns over Britain's relationship with Europe, saying that quitting the EU is unthinkable.
