OT: Celebrity advice (was: Advice to a Junior in High School?)

[Geoff Gerrietts]

Quoting Gerrit Holl (gerrit at nl.linux.org):
> Geoff Gerrietts wrote:
> > Quoting Gerrit Holl (gerrit at nl.linux.org):
> > > Peter Hansen wrote:
> > > > But if you refuse to go to prison, things get lethal pretty quickly.
> > > > That's what "ultimately" refers to above.
> > > 
> > > Well, I don't think they get very lethal, they get painful at most.
> > 
> > It depends on the case. Several times in recent history, the American
> > FBI has deployed lethal force when it was insufficiently provoked
> > (Ruby Ridge, Waco).
> 
> "Several times in (American) history" is, of course, not the same as
> "every dicision", "ultimately".

And neither is it "they get painful at most", which is the point I was
making. ESR overstates his point to make his point; you're doing the
same. Whether either point can be made is a different question, as is
whether either should be made.

--G.

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Geoff Gerrietts             "There is no fate that cannot be 
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