Congressman Boehner of Ohio. "If we abandon Afghanistan, it will return to a safe haven for the Taliban and al-Qaida to plan and execute more attacks on Americans,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Is this really tolerance ? or is it rather a form of moral decay that has simply decided to abandon the search for truth ? and standards of judgment?

这真的是容忍吗,还只是另一种形式的道德沦丧,只不过是决定,放弃找寻真理,和判断的标准？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he was still hopeful that talks with the Japanese would lead to a negotiated settlement whereby Tokyo would abandon its annual hunt in the Southern Ocean.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

Surveys show nearly a third of consumers will abandon a web page taking longer than five seconds to load.

FORBES: Whether You Like It Or Not, Your Business Is Moving To The Cloud

Her comments follow a decision last week by Liverpool to abandon a "big society" pilot project because the Labour council claimed cuts were undermining the voluntary groups supposed to take over some services.

BBC: Cuts 'destroying big society' concept, says CSV head

The news that a powerful carmaker would be forced to abandon a fully built factory and start over was stunning not only because of the staggering sunk costs of building a now-worthless factory.

FORBES: India Takes Two Steps Back