Opponents observe that the extractive forces behind the wise use movement harm rural residents more and prey on the independence of rural residents-preaching the " right to ride " when behind that is the desire to strip mine and clearcut using unsustainable methods.

Opponents of the new regime were forced to mine uranium ore under very harsh conditions: the average life expectancy in Jáchymov at this period was 42 years.

) Opponents of greyhound racing dispute the National Greyhound Association's claims regarding adoption statistics, pointing to statements made by NGA officials that they don't actually know what happens to dogs when they stop racing.

Opponents claimed that this act brought cultural damage to the country and separated Iran from its past in the West ( see Iran naming dispute ).

Opponents point to the logistical disadvantages of trying to promote the mainstream use of a second signing language, and dispute that SEE offers advantages to warrant educational resources which could be put toward encouraging universal adoption of ASL.

Opponents say that many educational agencies have adopted outcomes which focus too much on attitudes ( e. g., " Students will enjoy physical education class ") rather than academic content.

Opponents also argue that school choice in the form of vouchers could result in nothing more than a cash-handout for many middle-class and wealthy families already sending their kids to private schools, with disadvantaged families either unable to secure enrollment or unable to cover costs in addition to the vouchers.

Opponents of this view include revisionist historians and a number of post – Cold War and otherwise dissident Soviet historians including Roy Medvedev, who argues that although " one could list the various measures carried out by Stalin that were actually a continuation of anti-democratic trends and measures implemented under Lenin ... in so many ways, Stalin acted, not in line with Lenin's clear instructions, but in defiance of them ".

Opponents of traducianism are sometimes found in the pro-life movement, because many among those who hold to pro-life views are of the opinion that embryos have a soul and are to be fully recognized as persons.

Opponents of this approach point out that many of the terms in question carry male denotations and connotations in the original Hebrew and Greek.

Opponents of simplified spellings point to the impossibility of phonetic spelling for a language with many diverse accents and dialects.

Opponents of repeal brought forth many arguments for staying dry, including initiating one rumor that the land donated so long ago for the site of the University would revert to the heirs of the donors if the ordinance was repealed, resulting in a huge cost to the state to repurchase it.

Opponents of the FMA claim polling of the public has shown a cautious response, with many polls indicating opposition, even in states such as Arizona and Colorado which are normally thought of as socially conservative.

Opponents of consumerism argue that many luxuries and unnecessary consumer products may act as social mechanism allowing people to identify like-minded individuals through the display of similar products, again utilizing aspects of status-symbolism to judge socioeconomic status and social stratification.

Opponents of his accumulation theory also point to many instances in which foreign rulers needed and requested Western capital, such as the hapless moderniser Khedive Ismail Pasha.

Opponents are concerned that there are no other inland waters in England where water sports and power boating are permitted, whilst sailing is permitted on many other inland waters.

Opponents believed the law was discriminatory against immigrants of Hispanic origin ; supporters generally insisted that their concerns were economic: that the state could not afford to provide social services for so many illegal residents.

Opponents of roadway widening argue that evidence shows encouraging development many kilometres away from jobs and services, freeways contribute to increasing traffic flows, and thus the freeway ends up just as congested as previously, thus requiring the freeway to be widened ( again ).

Opponents believed the law was discriminatory against immigrants of Hispanic or Asian origin ; supporters generally insisted that their concerns were economic: that the state could not afford to provide social services for so many illegal residents.

Opponents of catch and release point out that fish are highly evolved vertebrates that share many of the same neurological structures that, in humans, are associated with pain perception.

Opponents of Student Broad Left claim that many of the founders of the group, including all SBL candidates to the NUS National Executive Committee, have been closely linked to Socialist Action, pointing out that the Student Broad Left supports the same campaigns as Socialist Action, for example the Student Assembly Against Racism, Unite Against Fascism, Student CND and Cuban solidarity.

Opponents opposed the redevelopment plan at the Ontario Municipal Board, which approved the project after a mediated agreement with many opponents was made.

Opponents argued for many years that this type of study cannot prove causation, but the eventual results of cohort studies confirmed the causal link which the case-control studies suggested, and it is now accepted that tobacco smoking is the cause of about 87 % of all lung cancer mortality in the US.

Opponents argue that the lack of tax revenue has hurt Colorado in many ways.

Opponents of this interpretation have argued that because many of the words in the poem have both secular and spiritual or religious meanings, the foundation of this argument is not on firm ground.

Opponents of this theological construct, and associated beliefs in " spiritual warfare ", point out that while the Bible may describe some form of demonic control over geography, it does not prescribe many of the behaviors and teachings that proponents advocate in response.

"< ref > Supporters of Schulz also argued that a drop in financial receipts at the ILLL, which led to layoffs and program cancellations in 2003, were attributable primarily to donor and listener dissatisfaction over the speaker's removal .< ref > Opponents of Schulz's actions, on the other hand, praised the decision to suspend the speaker, with many arguing, as a column published by the liberal LCMS organization Jesus First put it, that those who disagreed with Schulz's actions were " working hard to present views more representative of this church.

Opponents Peru's impressive credentials went overlooked and were not expected to provide many problems in the first match.

Opponents of net neutrality regulation also argue that the best solution to discrimination by broadband providers is to encourage greater competition among such providers, which is currently limited in many areas.

Opponents of crowd surfing reject these claims, claiming that it is inappropriate for crowd surfers, stagedivers and moshers to dominate the most attractive area of the audience ( directly in front of the stage ) with the threat of ( accidental ) violence forcing people who do not want to get injured to stand at the back or to the side, which are much less attractive locations.

Opponents may also challenge only some of the claims of the European patent, therefore limiting the framework of the opposition to the challenged claims.

Opponents, such as holders of land and mining claims, blocked efforts to reclassify the monument as a National Park for 11 years.

Opponents of same-sex marriage within the gay community argue that fighting to achieve these benefits by means of extending marriage rights to same-sex couples privatizes benefits ( e. g., health care ) that should be made available to people regardless of their relationship status.

" Opponents led criticism in his District, where his refusal to pay a slander judgment made him subject to arrest.

Opponents of Fortier's appointment also note that in doing so, Harper broke a promise made on Radio-Canada television during the election campaign.

Opponents of RALs, like as the National Consumer Law Center, argue that the profit motive of the lender results in RALs being issued too often to low-income individuals who are made to believe the wait for their refund is longer than it really is, who do not realize they are taking a loan, do not understand the high interest rates charged by the loan ( often exceeding 100 % APR until the last two tax filing seasons ), and who do not actually need the funds immediately.

Opponents of the Akaka bill have responded to his daily speeches, as well as to the arguments in favor made by other politicians.

Opponents of the war had campaigned for the advice to be made public for some time, with many speculating that the government's reluctance to do so indicated that Goldsmith had advised that war would be illegal.

Opponents of his Iraq policy charged that his statement was inconsistent with his letter to Congress of March 21, 2003 and a minority ( Democrat ) staff report by the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform claimed that " in 125 separate appearances, they Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld and Rice made ... 61 misleading statements about Iraq's relationship with al-Qaeda.

Opponents point to vintages 1929 and 1947, which were high-yield and of great quality — and made entirely without green harvest techniques.

Opponents of musical instruments in the Christian worship believe that such opposition is supported by the New Testament and Church history.

* OBA — Opponents batting average: hits allowed divided by at-bats faced

Opponents of that interpretation point out that he did not attend the funeral ( he generally did not attend funerals ) and immediately left Paris with Diaghilev for a performance of Les noces ( The Wedding ) by the Ballets Russes at Monte Carlo.

Opponents allegedly complicated matters for organisers by booking their own events in Berlin and so to exclude the parade from being able to register with city police.

Opponents of this view observe that the religion of the Torah seems different to Atenism in everything except the central feature of devotion to a single god, although this has been countered by a variety of arguments, e. g. pointing out the similarities between the Hymn to Aten and Psalm 104.

Opponents do argue that the simple fact of producing a communication is not by itself leading to a direct result on the public opinion, unless this one is considered as a merely passive mass in front of an irresistible communication ...

Opponents, by contrast, point out that property owners and operators can indeed feel terror.

Opponents point out that the practice of offshore outsourcing by countries with higher wages leads to the reduction of their own domestic employment and domestic investment.

Opponents in Republican Sinn Féin accused Sinn Féin of " selling out " by agreeing to participate in what it called " partitionist assemblies " in the Republic and Northern Ireland.

Opponents say that such a market would encourage criminals by making it easier for them to claim that their stolen organs were legal.

Opponents widely criticized the party's failure to elect a candidate by a primary vote, and Thurmond announced that he would mount a write-in campaign.

Opponents of corporate personhood seek to amend the U. S. Constitution to limit these rights to those provided by state law and state constitutions.

Opponents, such as Dean Russell in The TVA Idea, in addition to condemning the project as being socialist, argued that TVA created a " hidden loss " by preventing the creation of " factories and jobs that would have come into existence if the government had allowed the taxpayers to spend their money as they wished.

Opponents of the current reform care proposals fear that U. S. comparative effective research ( a plan introduced in the stimulus bill ) will be used to curtail spending and ration treatments, which is one function of NICE, arguing that rationing by market pricing rather by government is the best way for care to be rationed.

Opponents of his regime claim that he has used money amassed through weapons sales, narcotics, international loans, and confiscation of private property to enrich himself and his political cronies who hold his dictatorship together, and that the $ 900 million published by Forbes is merely a portion of his assets, although that needs to be proven.

* Opponents decided by the QPO winner ( in Week 1 ) that finished higher in the regular season

Opponents of such advocacy rebut this claim by pointing to the ability of same-sex couples to disperse their assets by will.

Opponents also saw a cartoon in the supplement as racist and criticised another article in which Irving wrote that the British press was owned by Jews.

Opponents in the legislature, led by freshman Cecil Morgan of Shreveport, moved to impeach Long on charges ranging from blasphemy to corruption, bribery, and misuse of state funds.

Opponents argued that it was improper for the Court ( by the same five Justices who joined the per curiam opinion ) to grant a stay that preliminarily stopped the recounts based on the possibility of irreparable injury and success on the merits.