In this third critique where the argument is proffered that outlawing sharia arbitrations will lead to outlawing all private religious arbitrations, the question that must be asked is whether there are any principled and prudential distinctions between sharia as a "bad thing" and other religious codes as a "good thing" (or if not a "good thing" at least as an "acceptable thing")?
To the individual, the power to track or remotely control a laptop or phone seems like a good thing.
What he didn't spell out is what these doorstep people have been saying: would a split of the BBC be seen as a good or a bad thing?
The quotes around problem in the previous sentence are a reminder that a temporary trade deficits or surpluses are not per se a good or bad thing.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing, given that the Republicans are controlling not only the House and Senate but also, of course, the White House?
Whether wrecking the US-Saudi alliance is a good thing or a bad thing, it's unlikely that the current US government recognizes either that it has been destroyed, or that this has happened in large measure as a consequence of the administration's behavior.
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Eurobarometer polls consistently put Britain at or near the bottom of the heap in answers to such questions as whether EU membership is a good thing or how much trust people have in the EU institutions (see chart).
That may or may not be a good thing for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
This may or may not be a good thing on balance but as with so much in economics, that depends.
"I think there is skepticism whether or not this is a good thing to do in the long run, " he said.
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But here's the big question: When Wall Street smiles on a government bailout, is it a good or bad thing for average Americans?
Can you define it and explain why it could be a good (or bad) thing?
Depending on how you look at it, looking like Casey Anthony can be a good thing or a bad thing.
Will quangos ever be a good thing or should we take a leaf out of Alan Sugar's book and tell some of them "You're Fired"?
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That may be a good thing whether or not it grows out of financial need.
That will be a good thing, or not, depending on who you listen to at any given moment.
Its owner, George Aprile, knows a thing or two about good investments.
And this, whether it is motivated by obstinacy, denial or a sober calculation of the strategic stakes in Iraq, is a good thing.
An arms race in the Middle East is not a good thing for us or for them.
Badly as the Japanese may want to help Thailand, their own banking crisis seems to have taught them a thing or two about throwing good money after bad.
Diversification--whether across oceans or across asset classes--is a good thing.
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For the cause of medical progress--or art patronage or university endowments--wealth concentration is a good thing.
The problem is that very few people seem to be questioning whether or not that is, in fact, a good thing.
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It's a good thing, because whether at work or home, Schneider spends long chunks of time on the PCS network.
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