It's not wise of you to turn down his offer.

It was stupid for him to turn down her offer.

But it is a mistake to dismiss America's declining attractiveness so lightly.

It is too early to dismiss America and proclaim the end of an imperial moment.

I think it's too easy to dismiss the whole of religion that way.

The harasser needs to disappear and the only way to do that is when society rejects them.

Communists always had a tendency to dismiss the differences between candidates in liberal democracies (let alone managed ones).

Castro can deny their simple truths like a Cuban King Lear, but Rivero and others persist.

It is enough to associate their beliefs with Catholic religion and here you go, you can reject their demands without any problems.

It would be a mistake to dismiss anxiety about immigration as mere bigotry or apprehension about the globalized economy as simply reactionary.

Poland s government cannot simultaneously pretend to resist Russia s energy pressures and yet reject Germany s offers of help.

Poland learned the hard way that demanding change and defying oppression are much less difficult than formulating and delivering a clear, reasonable program for a better future.

Thus, managements should not dismiss governance reforms that are potentially valuable, but that investors are not yet focused on, and that markets do not yet price.

And there's another cognitive bias I'll call confirmation bias, where we tend to accept data that confirms our beliefs and reject data that contradicts our beliefs.

So my own hope is that Obama will not be dissuaded from trying to work with his opponents, to build consensus, and to deal courteously even with those whose views he may thoroughly dislike.

And there is another factor that should not be instantly dismissed, as it usually is by cynical critics Iranian leaders repeated strong rejection of weapons of mass destruction on religious grounds.

But Somaliland s strategic position near the world s major oil transport routes, now plagued by piracy, and chaos in the country s south, mean that independence should no longer be dismissed out of hand. Indeed, following a fact finding mission in 2007, a consensus is emerging within the EU that an African Union country should be the first to recognize Somaliland s independence.

But Somaliland s strategic position near the world s major oil transport routes, now plagued by piracy, and chaos in the country s south, mean that independence should no longer be dismissed out of hand.

Viewed in strictly economic terms, it is not surprising that Great Britain would not give up its rebate, while France would reject attempts to cut farm subsidies.

Instead of rejecting monetary theory and history, the army of Wall Street soothsayers should look beyond the Fed s press releases and ask themselves Does it make sense to throw out centuries of experience?

We can only hope that the American public will reject not just the insistent calls to derail the construction of the Park 51 project, but also the contested assumptions that underpin opposition to it.

The Dalai Lama could cut down on foreign meetings and acknowledge that, despite China s general emasculation of intellectual and religious life in Tibet, some aspects of Tibetan culture (like modern art, film and literature) are relatively healthy. Western observers could accept the exiles assurances that their proposals on autonomy are negotiable and not bottom line demands, rather than damning them before talks start.

Western observers could accept the exiles assurances that their proposals on autonomy are negotiable and not bottom line demands, rather than damning them before talks start.

Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz wanted war with Saddam all through the 1990's, and urged regime change as a policy for President Clinton, who wisely rejected such irresponsible advice.