If Chomsky, a North American, believes he has a right to express views on such weighty matters, then now would be a good time to speak up.
Bidders are forbidden from meeting their electorate and instead expert inspection teams collate serious and weighty reports that then lead to a shortlisting stage.
If weighty words count, then the world has taken a giant step forward in the fight against "racism, discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance".
If Acer's previous tablet effort was a bit too weighty for you, then consider this: Acer has just announced that their 7-inch WiFi-only Iconia Tab A100 is launching today at retail stores across the country.
Christopher Nolan's franchise-restarter Batman Begins gave a character that had fallen into parody a moody and weightier face-lift, then emulated in Man of Steel, while Marvel's cinematic universe has prioritised storytelling and acting talent over special effects.
The feathery detachment and weighty bravura juxtaposed in "Then I'll Be Tired of You" is, in its way, as impressive as the dense compositional ingenuity of "African Ripples".
You get home, bursting with anticipation, and sit down to listen to the first half-dozen songs of a beloved artist's recording career, and to read the weighty accompanying essay, and then, somewhere along the line, a vague disappointment kicks in.
It just ticks all the boxes for me; the old school drum breaks, the Kathy Brown sample, the quiet, calming break-down, and then that weighty bass line.
Ed may have struggled with the weighty ideas unfolding onstage, but then so do many adult audience members.
