honor-bound

Hamas has maintained that its fighters’ “religion, values and culture” forbid such acts, and that, as Muslims, they are “honor-bound to respect and protect all women.”

Hamas has also said its fighters, as Muslims, are “honor-bound to respect and protect all women,” and demanded an apology from The Times.

One of “Andor’s” strengths was in showing how ordinary people live under Imperial rule when powerful space wizards or honor-bound warriors are not around to save the day.

I was reminded of the Cohen account in part because it offers an answer to the question of whether the Chief Justice is indeed wholly powerless to probe ethics questions among his colleagues, and also to the ancillary question of whether the Chief Justice is somehow honor-bound to pretend ethics issues don’t exist.

President Chester A. Arthur and former secretary of state James G. Blaine joined their voices to the national chorus championing honor-bound bloodshed.