Good AdviceMy pal inspects factories for a living, and I shall take his expert advice to the grave: "Never eat the meat pies". Tell us the best advice you've ever received.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 20 May 2010, 12:54)
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Cure for ParanoiaHere's some advice I got from a long-gone manager who used his "made in Yorkshire" bullshit shield to great effect -
"Never consider someone's actions as malicious if incompetence can explain it just as easily."
Works on governments as well as individuals.
(, Thu 20 May 2010, 18:38, 3 replies)
It's bollocks.The ignorant don't bother to try and make law or set up companies or any other things which display their malicious intent.
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That's a paraphrase of Hanlon's Razor"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence"
e.g. the 9-11 cover-up didn't disguise that the gubmint did it, but that the gubmint fucked up in preventing it
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shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 21 May 2010, 13:46,
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TaI obviously didn't read enough Heinlein! I've got a few of his, the last one being "Friday".
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