1.   That would have been anathema to Taylor and earned his contempt.

2.   By choosing not to use his disability as a crutch and becoming one of the top few hundred golfers in the world, he merely earned their contempt.

3.   Every now and then, shells fly across the nearby border into Tajikistan, where the lazy Afghan artillery duels have earned the contempt of many local residents.

4.   Or does Exxon earn our contempt and provoke our outrage only when its tanker spills oil in Prince William Sound and some birds and fish get killed?

5.   Somehow, I have earned their contempt, and somehow, that matters.