Critics have long taken as self-referential a passage in the Odyssey describing a blind bard, Demodocus, in the court of the Phaeacian king, who recounts stories of Troy to the shipwrecked Odysseus.

Critics note that while the court said that the ABC was the first electronic digital computer, it did not define the term computer.

Critics, however, interpreted the sentence as stating that the case did not set precedent in any way and could not be used to justify any future court decision, and some suggested that this was evidence the majority realized its holding was untenable.

Critics point out that this legislation effectively circumvents the Second Amendment of the constitution by linking an individual's right to own or possess firearms to a matter of irrelevance, and without the need for a trial and conviction in a court of law.

Critics also pointed out the council itself would not be allowed to take any action against the parties as evidence the court action demonstrated a misuse of funds.

Critics of the system say that tribunals: are relatively toothless ; may give witnesses immunity that they would not obtain from a court ; allow legal representation to all parties, resulting in a higher final cost to the State than the cost of the original malfeasance ; and that they can delay difficult political decisions.

Critics maintain that Rosenberg's argument ignores the implications of court decisions on future actions that created more direct change.

Critics also argue that the court is now obsolete since there is no longer a serious terrorist threat to the State ( see: Northern Ireland peace process ).

Critics of using the plain meaning rule argue that a court may find or not find an ambiguity in a statute depending on the end result that a court sees fit.

Critics, such as psychiatrist Niall McLaren, argue that the DSM lacks validity because it has no relation to an agreed scientific model of mental disorder and therefore the decisions taken about its categories ( or even the question of categories versus dimensions ) were not scientific ones ; and that it lacks reliability partly because different diagnoses share many criteria, and what appear to be different criteria are often just rewordings of the same idea, meaning that the decision to allocate one diagnosis or another to a patient is to some extent a matter of personal prejudice.

Critics of these and other controversial diagnoses often cite the DSM's previous inclusion of homosexuality, and the APA's eventual decision to remove it, as a precedent for current disputes.

Critics of top-down decision making believe the process fosters incidence of either complacency or rebellion among disempowered group members.

Critics pointed out the apparent lack of quality players in the squad and coach Klinsmann's decision to live in America rather than Germany.

Critics have long charged that Faubus ' fight in Little Rock against the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U. S. Supreme Court that separate schools were inherently unequal was politically motivated.

Critics from religious parties such as Shas and Agudat Israel scorned the NRP for having been in the governing coalition with an ultra-secular party like Shinui ( which was often described as " anti-religious ") and for not doing enough to keep the Jewish character of Israel ; in one example, the party displayed little, if any, resistance or dismay, against former Internal Minister Avraham Poraz's decision not to enforce the prohibition of selling bread during Passover ( when eating bread is a prohibition of Chametz according to Orthodox Judaism ).

Critics argued that the United Kingdom was obligated to make a strong prima facie case to US courts before extradition would be granted, and that, by contrast, extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States was a matter of administrative decision alone, without prima facie evidence.

Critics like The Electronic Intifada and others, claim that the Academy did make a decision, and that it was based on political considerations.

Critics such as Pitchfork attributed this to the " wise " decision to emphasize Lewis's voice and presence more so than in previous albums.

Critics from such publications as Entertainment Weekly on IGN. com, Thomas had originally conceived of the show as more experimental, especially in terms of interaction with the studio audience, but CBS executives told him to tone down the experimental aspects of the series — a decision which, Thomas believes, ultimately contributed to the show's short life span.

Critics cite the phenomenon of paralysis by analysis as one possible consequence of over-reliance on decision analysis in organizations.

Critics of the decision include German Ministers and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Critics of the concept argue that its vagueness undermines its effectiveness ; that it has become little more than a vehicle for activists wishing to promote certain causes ; and that it does not help the research community understand what security means or help decision makers to formulate good policies.

Critics have argued that patients were not provided sufficient information to make an informed decision about whether they wanted to be baptized and the theological significance of a Christian baptism.

Critics of this decision considered that the move was a sign of submission to the threats of drug lords ( the so called " extraditables ", which included Pablo Escobar ) and would create friction in Colombia's relations with the United States, while those in favor alleged that it was a concession to nationalism and a way to respect the country's own sovereignty.

Critics have suggested that the decision to employ QoS on the network was driven by Plusnet's focus on delivering to tight profit targets dictated by investors during the time when they were a PLC.

Critics of these parties claim that separatism has no support among Arabs, pointing to the decision by many Iranian Arabs to defend Iran during the Iran – Iraq War.

Critics would later explain their decision as the band having the courage to stop in time despite enormous success, although it was largely due to fatigue that the trio could not bring themselves to continuing to play.

Critics of the Living Constitution assert that it is more open to judicial manipulation, while proponents argue that theoretical flexibility in either view provides adherents extensive leeway in what decision to reach in a particular case.

Critics called for Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself, since he had made allegedly improper comments about the decision of the case prior to hearing oral arguments (" I'm not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial.

" Critics asserted Oxburgh's ties with businesses that stood to profit from the decision created a conflict of interest.

Critics often considered the record as showcasing the potential high quality of remix albums, although some reviewers treated it as disjunct and a poor marketing decision.

Critics have also argued that, as the Austrian business cycle theory points to the actions of fractional-reserve banks and central banks to explain the business cycles, it fails to explain the severity of business cycles before the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913.

The film also won the Critics ' Award at Fantasporto, and was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award in the category of Best Film in 1993.

Critics also question how any two given properties are determined to be properties of the same object if there is no substance in which they both inhere.

Critics have also stated that Misskelley's " confessions " were in many respects inconsistent with themselves and the particulars of the crime scene and murder victims, including ( for example ) an " admission " that Misskelley " watched Damien rape one of the boys.

A former senior product manager at Master Lock, a trigger lock manufacturer, was quoted as saying “ If you put a trigger lock on any loaded gun, you are making the gun more dangerous .” Critics also point out that a trigger lock will increase the time it takes a gun owner to respond to a self-defense emergency.

It also won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle in 1968, and Outstanding Production from the Outer Critics Circle in 1969.

Critics have also claimed that content externalists are committed to epistemological absurdities.

Critics of role playing games have also have tied Kult to a 16-year-old Swedish boy who committed suicide by shotgun in November 1996.

Critics have also questioned whether the England trio of Andy Carroll, Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing represented value for money at a combined cost of approximately £ 70m.

Critics have also stated that proponents of psychological egoism often confuse the satisfaction of their own desires with the satisfaction of their own self-regarding desires.

The play also won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle in 1968, and Outstanding Production from the Outer Critics Circle in 1969.

Critics and traditionalists have argued that attempts to make soul food healthier also make it less tasty, and even less culturally / ethnically authentic ( i. e., " less Black ").

Critics also see parallels between sociobiology and biological determinism as a philosophy underlying the social Darwinian and eugenics movements of the early 20th century, and controversies in the history of intelligence testing.

* Critics of sedevacantism argue that this also means that the theory advanced by the seventeenth-century theologian and Doctor of the Church Robert Bellarmine that a pope who fell into heresy would automatically forfeit his office and could be formally deposed has been overruled by Church authority by Benedict XIV in " De Synodo Dioecesano " ( 10, 1, 5 ) and by the 1917 Code of Canon Law, Can.

Among the 10 Academy Awards won by Gone with the Wind was a Best Actress award for Leigh, who also won a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.

Critics also claimed the bill would have a chilling effect on the availability of medical information.

In 2001, she won nominations for Best Supporting Actress for the Golden Globe Awards, the SAG Awards, the Critics ' Choice Awards, and the American Film Institute Awards for Vanilla Sky, and also voiced Princess Fiona in the movie Shrek, for which she earned $ 10 million.

Critics have also opined that the poem may have been inspired by the voyage of Thomas James into the Arctic.

Critics also argue that charging more to drive is elitist policy, pricing the poor off of roads so that the wealthy can moveabout unencumbered.

Critics praised the film, which also proved to be a success with audiences.

The film was also nominated for the " Best Breakthrough Film " at the Online Film Critics Society Awards.

Critics also worry that the existence of lower-yield nuclear weapons for relatively limited tactical purposes will lower the threshold for their actual use, thus blurring the sharp line between conventional weapons intended for use and weapons of mass destruction intended only for hypothetical deterrence and increasing the risk of escalation to higher-yield nuclear weapons.

Critics also noted the similarity to Unisys ' attempts to assert rights over the GIF image compression standard via LZW patent enforcement.