risk universal condemnation; defy the universal will of the people; defy world opinion; disregard universal condemnation; fly in the face of the will of the people; willing to do unlawful things
Writing in english is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives . the english reading public explains the reason why 以英文写作真是旷古未有的煎熬,但古圣先贤亦甘冒大不韪而为之。英文的阅读大众当也有同感。