"The embarrassment over this loss stimulated a counter-movement which promotes violence and aggression in sport and which succeeded in securing New Zealand the rights to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup - a glorified and ritualized demonstration of male-aggression."
"The good news is that there has emerged in the past few decades a counter-movement of spiritual progressives that are willing to challenge the distortions in their own religious communities while simultaneously doing battle with the institutions and practices of the wealthy and powerful."
"When the counter-movement of reaction geared up its mighty wave machine to inundate the proponents of change, would-be revolutionaries couldn't take the long hours and poor pay demanded by movement work."