But that's no argument in favor of maintaining a vastly flawed and unfair status quo.
Even when we admit that the electoral playing field was vastly unequal and unfair and, as a consequence, delivered a tainted, compromised result (as in 2000 and of course, in 2016), we have rationalized that the "world's greatest democracy" can withstand a few years of bruising and pounding from undemocratic rule.
Under the Obama budget, debt would skyrocket to 124 percent of G.D.P. Extremely senior members of the administration believe these sorts of criticisms are completely unfair and vastly underestimate their fiscal hawkishness.
Comparisons to movie version unfair and unjustified — the mediums are vastly different.
But smart systems might be vulnerable to malfunctioning or attacks by hackers.Third, some people fret that those with access to smart systems will be vastly better informed than those without, giving them an unfair advantage.
The United States Sentencing Commission held hearings last February to discuss whether the punishment for child-pornography offenders has become both disproportionate and unfair — with people who committed similar crimes receiving vastly different penalties, based on the subjective decisions of judges.
The unfair part is that the softball and baseball constituencies are vastly different.
American chip makers and PC manufacturers, joined by a number of other computer makers around the world, say that the Chinese plan amounts to an unfair trade barrier by requiring companies to comply with two vastly different standards.
Victor S. Parra, director of the United Motorcoach Association, which represents 760 tour bus companies, said it would be unfair to tighten rules for bus drivers based on a study of truckers, who, he asserted, operate under vastly different conditions.
