| If necessary, the murderous self-murderer can even make do without such second-hand justifications altogether. |
| While retaliatory war relies on the obvious fact of an attack as its casus belli, pre-emptive war opens the door to myriad other justifications. |
| By the end of the programme, it was athletes and fans who hung themselves in public with their own illogical justifications and absurd piety. |
| There are other justifications for incest laws that might be more compelling. |
| I could intellectualise, of course I could, tracing influences and references and justifications. |
| I should have been sat in front of the television making mental notes and issuing sharp rebukes to his paper thin justifications for war. |
