Word: absurder
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...what are secular sacrifices? Are they what the American people must make in order to reduce the deficit? The concept is absurd. Sacrifice is a religious practice by definition: One sacrifices animals in order to placate a deity or a spirit, not an IRS auditor. Despite the city's arguments, it seems clear that the issue is freedom of religion...
...both absurd and unconstitutional, then, for the city to legislate on their behalf as if they were citizens with a right to government protection. A city that curtails its own citizens' basic rights in order to protect animal "rights" has lost its legitimacy as a government of the people. It's a government of chickens and goats instead...
James L. Doak '94 also expressed his frustration at the stringency of the proposed regulatory measures. This is getting a little bit absurd," he said. "Personally, I think we're all suffering delusions of persecution...
More important, it is absurd to expect captains of industry to be concerned about the rights of children. In light of their history of the exploitation of children--for example, child labor during the Industrial Revolution--their is no reason to expect the television industry will stop exploiting children...
...While there is no difficulty in casting a woman in the part Ibsen wrote for a man, the director hasn't established a consistent pronoun policy for Pytir; this confusion gives rise to lines such as "The doctor's brother, she...". This difficulty is compounded by De Nezza's absurd top hat, which perches precariously on top of her head like the bunny ears on a Vegas show girl. The audience has trouble concentrating on her (good) acting while they decide where she stands, genderwise...