It is not sufficient to simply reverse his denials and assertions. The history of religions has been marked with accusations and denials of idolatry. The most common reason for denials are previous felony convictions. Armed forces officer respond to MOD denials with skepticism. Despite repeated denials by Byron and Polidori, the authorship often went unclarified. Speculations about Bjarne Riis's doping use was further fuelled by his ambiguous denials. Southerners rejected the denials of Republicans that they were abolitionists. Despite swift denials from President Clinton, the media attention grew. Eventually, Artie believes Tony's repeated denials of having been the arsonist. Passengers and crew have tested positive despite Celebrity's original public denials of any cases onboard. Piggy defends the group's actions with a series of rationalisations and denials. Shaped by the denials, the initial media consensus was that the photographs were hoaxes. Many historians argue against these denials, including to Windschuttle in particular. These three denials are phrased differently. The objective of the kagemi was to prevent embarrassing denials based on appearances.