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The fact that this director is Jewish and has no ability to make reference to being a victim of prejudice is
hypocritical
and plain idiotic.
The character played by Matthew Modine was the most convincing, in his cynical,
hypocritical
and totally materialistic egotism - and I think this fact alone says something about the 'spirit' which guides the whole movie.
Isn't this pretty
hypocritical?
Ironic, and
hypocritical.
Walter Huston plays a devout religious
hypocritical
merciless minister who tries to steer Sadie in the right direction.
That said, the United States' opportunistic use of human rights law rhetoric -- on full display in the Balkans conflict -- still seems
hypocritical.
For those who proclaim themselves to be champions of liberal democracy, short-circuiting that possibility is as irresponsible as it is
hypocritical.
Set in a small town on the Barents Sea, Leviathan shows that there is no escape, not even in the Arctic, from the Moscow-centric state and its
hypocritical
doppelganger, the Orthodox Church.
Avoiding coercion, premature elections, and
hypocritical
rhetoric does not rule out a patient policy of economic assistance, quiet diplomacy, and multilateral efforts to support the development of civil society, the rule of law, and support for well-managed elections.
Domestic or foreign policies that appear hypocritical, arrogant, indifferent to others’ views, or based on a narrow conception of national interests can undermine soft power.
Apart from the unanimous nomination of Prodi, the main achievements of the Berlin summit were a dilution of the reform of farm policy, a dilution of budget reform, and maintenance of the absurd and
hypocritical
pretence that the first six candidates for membership can expect to be inside the EU by 2002.
Given the Northern Rock and Bear Stearns bailouts, overplaying the “moral hazard” argument here sounds
hypocritical.
Today, as France engages the progressive forces of the “Arab Spring” – politically, if not militarily, as in Libya – can it continue to maintain a
hypocritical
stance towards Algeria, paying a high price in credibility for continuing its silence about the past?
Avoiding coercion, premature elections, and
hypocritical
rhetoric should not preclude a patient policy that relies on economic assistance, behind-the-scenes diplomacy, and multilateral approaches to aid the development of civil society, the rule of law, and well-managed elections.
Yet this pressure is unwise, and somewhat
hypocritical.
In China’s view, Patten’s position was hypocritical, even offensive, given that the British had ruled Hong Kong autocratically.
To make the quality of the banking system a new criterion for euro membership is not only hypocritical; it is also counterproductive.
It is
hypocritical
to promote democracy and then sign a trade agreement that denies workers the basic democratic right to organize and join unions.
Among the arguments used to deny the Kurds their right to self-determination, the defense of Iraq’s territorial integrity is the most spurious and
hypocritical
of all.
And human-rights claims – unless they are applied selectively as part of a
hypocritical
sham – should always trump realpolitik.
But it is
hypocritical
to argue that this does anything to eliminate poverty.
All of these are seen as Kremlin games, hypothetical and hypocritical, bearing little relation to reality.
It is the West’s acceptance of corruption – either open or tacit – that makes it an accomplice to too many nefarious regimes, and makes its espousal of democratic principles appear either
hypocritical
or contradictory.
Her recent statement that she feels no sympathy for the suffering Greeks, because they should have paid their taxes, has been widely criticized for being not just unfeeling, but
hypocritical
(as a diplomat she pays no taxes herself).
But this is
hypocritical.
But “US efforts to get China to shed these objectives sound
hypocritical
when the United States seems to be opting for excess stimulus itself....[I]f the People’s Bank and the Fed tightened in coordination with most central banks, domestic [Chinese] concerns about competitive depreciation would be muted...”China’s policy of export subsidies through currency manipulation was always bound to become unsustainable in the long run because it was bound to generate substantial domestic inflation.
The West feels repugnance over the Iranian regime’s cynical human rights transgressions and
hypocritical
mixing of religion and politics.
They must become serious about backing legitimate democratic representation in Muslim countries, for only then will Western policy seem less
hypocritical.
This is a blatantly
hypocritical
stance, given the regulation of energy that goes on within the EU--say, in France.
Indeed, it is
hypocritical
that hunting for sport and unsupervised home slaughtering continue to be permitted, whereas shechita, which is carried out by experienced people according to well-established procedures, is not.
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