The online comments were overwhelmingly dismissive of the court ruling.

But that is true of any kind of dismissive view of the other.

Reports of Italian military prowess in the Second World War were, almost always, dismissive.

Australia s great drought this past year has similarly made a mockery of Howard s dismissive attitude toward climate change.

When it is explained to him, he is dismissive. He has more immediate concerns The first thing I need is food, and then a job.

When it is explained to him, he is dismissive. He has more immediate concerns The first thing I need is food, and then a job.

LG For a long time, researchers in emerging diseases were kind of dismissive of the pandemic flu threat on the grounds that back in 1918 they didn't have antibiotics.

Northern Europe s political elites, largely social or Christian democrats, have often been dismissive of such fears, and their paternalism and condescension may be why the backlash in those liberal countries has been particularly fierce.

We, especially white South Africans, have tended to be dismissive of our Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which allowed those who had committed great crimes under apartheid to confess their acts openly and thus avoid prosecution.

But that is true of any kind of dismissive view of the other. Our societies will hold together only if we talk to each other with openness and frankness, and, in doing so, recreate a certain sense of solidarity from all our different roots.