Evidently he does share the official conviction, prevalent before British executions became private events, that, correctly staged, the spectacle of death has a sufficiently instructive impact to justify the voyeurism, the theft of the dying man's dignity – and, nowadays, the inevitable subscription, by those who urge viewing of the videos, to the aesthetics of their producers.
Intimidation and murder are not the same order as urging one's views on others in "uncomfortable" ways or protest.
At Columbia, Barnard changed his views, urging the college to expand its curriculum and introduce the elective system into the last two undergraduate years, to best develop advanced scholarship leading to graduate and professional education.
Kurdish activists have taken to social media to express their views, urging people to protest against the Iranian government and show solidarity for Khosrawani.
I urge this view of Welles and Kane not out of hostility to Welles.
The Enlightenment also urged a view of human autonomy and of the use of reason in a search for truth.
Urging a particular view of the past on readers is a complex rhetorical act.
H. Robert Heller, a Fed governor from 1986 to 1989, had the opposite view, urging the Fed to show restraint.
At Stalin's urging, many Communists viewed the Social Democrats, not the Nazis, as the real enemy the "social fascists".
Once again, the sheriff's department took a dim view, urging the donor to take down his website now that the ransom deadline had passed.
