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In Canada, the Toronto Star accused Britain and the Irish Republic of riding roughshod over civil liberties in the new laws they are drafting to make it easier for the police and courts to convict suspected terrorists.
It destroys local cultures, the headline on the ad read "Global Monoculture"; it despoils the environment; and it rides roughshod over democracy, forcing governments to remove laws that conflict with its sinister purposes.
The massive development on the east end of town, though, has pretty much run roughshod over the natural beauty of the area, all but eclipsing the former fishing village.
The high profile and emotive power of the Hong Kong issue will make it very difficult for the administration to ride roughshod over such demands.
It is hard to find a logical explanation, yet these subtle distinctions are part of the spirit of our language, and it is this spirit that is easily destroyed forever, like a delicately balanced biotope, when people walk roughshod over it.