Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 03 January 2005 07:25, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > This is true whether the bad things are false positives in email or > > the deaths of hundreds of people. Certainly deaths are worse, but I > > wasn't comparing false positives to deaths. > > > > I was explaining why your style of excuse is never acceptible. If > > false positives are bad (and they are), they do not become less bad > > because you cannot figure out how to avoid them and still achieve your > > goals. > > There is no comparison between killing people and bouncing email.
I agree completely. It is for this reason I did not compare killing people and bouncing email. But there *is* a comparison between your excuse and Rumsfeld's excuse for inadequately equipping his soldiers. Thomas
