To waste the creature's useful body, to leave the bear to rot or even to bury it whole in the ground would, by elven standards - and by Elbryan's - be a complete insult to the bear, and thus to Nature.

"Hers was a hug that would essentially render every other hug you'll ever receive in your life a complete insult to hugging," said the friend, Patrick Corry, in a eulogy.

The fact that a bunch of pirates in Somalia are managing to hold to ransom the rest of the world and our trading system is a complete insult and the rest of the world needs to come together with much more vigour.

That argument has been echoed on Capitol Hill, where Mr. Torricelli asserted that offering any compensation amounts to a "complete insult to the crews of the Navy ships" in the region.

To do this is a complete insult to all those dedicated people who helped make this series happen.