But they there is absolutely no justification in using them against ordinary men and women thought to be guilty of nothing more than mere peccadillos. |
The excruciating embarrassment of finding one's personal peccadillos exposed to public scrutiny makes kiss-and-tell the perfect vengeance-fodder. |
Besides, Mr Berlusconi is under investigation for crimes that are not mere peccadillos committed in the face of red tape and nitpicking taxmen. |
Members of both like to highlight the socalled plight of the rich and famous, whose personal peccadillos are sometimes raucously exposed by the press. |
Tax peccadillos got him off to a bad start with lawmakers. |
His private peccadillos are a far cry from the clean-cut, wholesome image he lets the public believe. |