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In this story, the cop only enforced the unimportant law, and not even because he approved of the law (he was clearly willing to let it slide, until he decided the girl did not respect his authoritay) but because it gave him the opportunity to harm someone he disliked.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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In this story, the cop only enforced the unimportant law, and not even because he approved of the law he was clearly willing to let it slide, until he decided the girl did not respect his authoritay but because it gave him the opportunity to harm someone he disliked.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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They did not respect Howard Dean's authoritay (said in the tone of eric cartman) and there was no punishment.
Hillary: I Might Take Fight Over Florida And Michigan To Convention! 2009
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I have been waiting for McCain to get flustered and blurt out, "Respect my authoritay, ya little jerks!"
McCain Spokesperson: We All Know Who Obama's Anti-Semitic Pal Is 2009
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Makes their raiding the place seem as much an opportunity to asssert their “authoritay” as anything else.
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What's that? klis the sycophant, attached to mcstrange in a morally unhealthful way, is into the whole respect my authoritay approach, and feels all athletes from lower socioeconomic backgrounds should do the same. so it's no wonder that both elvis and dawkins refer to the genius as sir, and are enamored of mcd's ability to bewilder opponents by simply saying "WE OWN YOU".
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The I.P.C.C. itself, through its structural tendency to politicize climate change science, has perhaps helped to foster a more Posted by: Al Gore's authoritay at November 27, 2009 07: 58 PM (Oxen1) 2 I don't think that the leaked emails will matter one whit to the "true believers".
Ace of Spades HQ 2009
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I half suspect that he pulled me over because I didn’t “respect his authoritay” and slow down at all.
drbigbeef Diary Entry drbigbeef 2005
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