This cannot continue ad infinitum.

Just across another sea, perhaps. The origin myth continuesad infinitum until we reach humanity s common ancestor, or an actual myth a black egg in China, a spear in the ocean in Japan, or the interaction of fire and ice in France.

5.5 In each of his further submissions, the author confirms that the authorities, which oblige him to go through the same stages of appeal again and again, theoretically ad infinitum, are unwilling to process his case and purposively drag out proceedings.

In fact, regardless of whether or not the TPP is implemented, Japan s farmers must pursue this approach to secure their futures, rather than hoping that protective subsidies continue ad infinitum. Under the logic of the TPP, the terraced rice fields that make up Japan s beautiful landscape cannot be protected.

And Greece is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis today because the inevitable restructuring of its debt has been used as an excuse for postponing that restructuring ad infinitum. As a high ranking European Commission official once asked me Your debt will be cut come hell or high water, so why are you expending precious political capital to insist that we deliver the restructuring now?