We could get nastier at that.

I'm only worried we'll find out we're even nastier than they are.

I was ecstatic, but I was also a touch worried about some of the nastier things

And so, if we generally think others are nice, then the world becomes less painful, more pleasurable, and better tasting, and if we think others are nasty, the world becomes correspondingly nastier.

And so when 425 million people finally won the right to choose their own governments, I was ecstatic, but I was also a touch worried about some of the nastier things lurking behind the wall.

Moreover, too many have made prior commitments for example, promising never to increase taxes that they find hard to break, especially ahead of elections that both sides deem to be of defining significance for the country s future, reflected in the candidates campaigns, which are getting nastier by the day.

Now, another form of defense is something called a burglar alarm same reason you have a burglar alarm on your car the honking horn and flashing lights are meant to attract the attention of, hopefully, the police that will come and take the burglar away when an animal's caught in the clutches of a predator, its only hope for escape may be to attract the attention of something bigger and nastier that will attack their attacker, thereby affording them a chance for escape.