| I don't wish to trivialise a potentially fatal disease but received wisdom isn't always infallible, not even received medical wisdom. |
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| Let us not trivialise this by saying that it is because of parapsychology or telepathy. |
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| Now of course, I don't want to underestimate or trivialise the experience of other people. |
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| The result is incredibly cinematic, and manages not to trivialise the imagination and atmosphere of the movies. |
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| I can think of many worthwhile areas where this money could be spent, so let's not trivialise it. |
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| For the sake of Europe, its Parliament cannot trivialise these tragedies of the 20th century. |
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| On this point we cannot afford to look away or to trivialise or whitewash anything. |
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| Such comparisons trivialise this monstrous, state-sanctioned violation of human rights, which was unique in history. |
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| It also makes it a criminal offence publicly to praise, deny, or grossly trivialise crimes against humanity and war crimes. |
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| Requests for coverage by extremist movements should be turned down by the media, as it may only trivialise extremist ideology. |
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| Moreover, I do not wish in any way to trivialise the problem raised by Mr Sterckx. |
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| Last but not least, this law is a disgrace, but even more so would be an attempt to obfuscate, trivialise and, in effect, justify it. |
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| We should not trivialise it just because I am impersonating someone. |
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| And what is most remarkable is that it does not trivialise the politics of the time. |
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| Yet television's soundbite culture, its inbuilt tendency to trivialise, is seen as being in direct opposition to the complexity and subtlety of the law. |
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| Things didn't go that fast though, but you look so far ahead everyday that you trivialise the past. |
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| We must not allow ourselves to become inured to them, or to trivialise them. |
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| We must stop this practice and take seriously, rather than trivialise, criticism in respect of mistakes perpetrated by those we hold dear. |
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| However, the number of people reached is limited compared to other means, and some critics suggest that it can trivialise serious issues. |
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| They are trying to trivialise by quoting from here and there, reported and purported speeches. |
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| It's not meant to downgrade or trivialise the crucifixion in any way, although already a few people have complained about it. |
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| But Hamilton refused to trivialise what happened and revealed it was the support of his fans that enabled him to overcome his anguish. |
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| Henceforth, every Member State will have to make it an imprisonable offence to publicly justify, deny or crudely trivialise crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and I am satisfied about that. |
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| The moral crisis in that country, a tendency to trivialise death, dehumanisation, relativism and vanishing values are to blame for the fact that this problem is not taken seriously. |
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| So let us get away from this nonsense about decriminalisation and this tendency to trivialise the whole problem area by closing our eyes to the criminals who exploit our young people and destroy their health. |
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| Although the airline cites in its defence security considerations in the event of an emergency evacuation, it seems unacceptable to me to trivialise discriminatory practices of this kind. |
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| Secondly, we need to be careful not to undervalue or trivialise the term European Constitution', and the members of the Convention need to be courageous and innovative in their role. |
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| The parole board noted his positive efforts while in jail but said releasing him would trivialise the killing. |
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| Secondly, too many Members of this House delight in issuing press releases seeking to trivialise legislation that is entirely necessary, justified and proportionate. |
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| The refusal to trivialise drug use means taking up our responsibilities, both as regards our young people, who are most affected by this, and also with respect to social cohesion, which must always unite us all. |
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| But of course it doesn't make any sense to trivialise the achievements of a massively creative and successful company like 3M to Post-Its. |
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| This must be a translation problem because I am certain that the TDI Group would not want to trivialise such an important piece of legislation on equal rights by introducing such a frivolous and unnecessary amendment. |
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| Without wishing to trivialise the traumas suffered by the Hillsborough families, we have recently seen how effective the voices of ordinary people can be. |
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| Gambaccini, 65, described being falsely accused as 12 months of trauma and said he would not be giving interviews because it would trivialise his ordeal. |
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