mikasue,
Thanks for writing this. I feel I have permission to use Perl anyway I see fit now :-)

Either I have failed to properly express my intent of this meditation or you have failed to grasp the spirit of it. This isn't a license to ignore what you don't like and do what you want. Let me enumerate the main themes again.

• 1. First understand why the rule, the exceptions, and the advice exist
• 2. Review that in context with your problem specific objective
• 3. Using prudence, explore all the things that could go wrong from continuing to pursue this approach
• 4. Safe guard yourself against all those known pitfalls
• 5. Use common sense and learn from your mistakes
• 6. Remember that your actions may impact more than yourself

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