Re^2: "Bah! Scrumbug!" (Lessons from the scrap-bin)

Ooooo! Ouch! You just stomped on one of my hot-buttons!

"But then, I suppose it's the price we pay for trying to avoid all the pitfalls of the past."

<rant> Alternate interpretation: It's one of the prices we (where "we" reflects my predominantly US-ian experience) pay for our restless search for a silver bullet; for a man on a horse; and for our predilection to prefer following dogma to exercising reason.</rant>

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Re^3: "Bah! Scrumbug!" (Lessons from the scrap-bin) by raybies (Chaplain) on Dec 15, 2010 at 20:58 UTC
I see nothing wrong with creating more pitfalls, to avoid the old ones. It keeps us all busy. buwahaha.	[reply]