Word: imperfectability
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...church that preaches the impermissibility of so many forms of consensual, adult sex simultaneously tolerate, ignore or cover up the sexual abuse of children by its own priests? Pedophilia is not a failing; it is not some imperfect but victimless expression of sexuality among consenting adults. It is a crime. To my mind, the violation of a child's innocence, the betrayal of a priestly trust, the rape of a minor's very body provide about as good a definition of evil as one can find. Yet a church that regularly condemns and judges so many of its congregants...
...Don’t negotiate with terrorists but with people who are dissatisfied so they don’t stay dissatisfied,” he told the audience in his occasionally imperfect English...
...spite of these inconsistencies, the intentions expressed in Summers’ statement are promising, and it can be hard to remember that intentions themselves are not enough. The administration’s past record of implementing labor policies that benefit workers could politely be described as imperfect. Though Harvard’s Bridge to Learning worker education program has enrolled an increasing number of people, many workers still report difficulty gaining access to the program’s benefits. It would be a travesty for the wage hikes that have been promised to remain in the realm of theory...
...don’t just want bravado for bravado’s sake, just as we don’t want to watch the Cleveland Cavaliers just because they play a sport. Listening to an imperfect, inarticulate statement of ego actually is offensive, not unlike a Detroit Lions game. The sport-to-soul continuum works both ways. We care about quality. Deep down, what we really want is eloquent egotism...
While several opposed to a tree view this as an improvement, for some it is still an imperfect solution...