Re: SpartanBill's "faux pas"..

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Subject: Re: SpartanBill's "faux pas"..
Posted by Hank on June 24, 2002 at 7:26 PM:

In Reply to: SpartanBill's "faux pas".. posted by skb on June 24, 2002 at 4:36 PM:

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...

If I start making minor exceptions to the rules, however small they may seem, everyone will find ways to justify their version of the rules... under the reasoning "well, if that's OK, then this is OK... and if that's OK, then this other thing is also OK..." and so on, and so on, and so on.

So, I will NEVER, no matter how insignificant or minor they seem, make ANY EXCEPTIONS to the rules. I have enough trouble keeping the database accurate, I don't need a million people making up their own rules, just because they think whatever they are doing is OK. The rules exist for a reason : TO BE FOLLOWED, NOT TO BE BROKEN, NOR TO HAVE EXCEPTIONS MADE. PERIOD.

This may sound harsh, but I must respect the rules (and all the rules, as written, NO EXCEPTIONS), or we would end up with a database of complete garbage.. then what fun would Where's George? be? It would only become a record of what people *think* it should be, and not what it really is. Think about it.

-Hank

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Re: SpartanBill's "faux pas".. skb 4:38 PM 6/25/2002
- Re: SpartanBill's "faux pas".. Beaker 9:48 AM 6/26/2002
- You miss the point... Hank 7:24 PM 6/25/2002
  - Re: You miss the point... skb 8:04 AM 6/26/2002
    - i think you missed a BIG point mitch 8:46 PM 6/26/2002
      - Re: i think you missed a BIG point skb 8:56 AM 6/28/2002
        
        ignoring is not the same a debunking mitch 3:45 PM 6/28/2002
    - The next button isn't a glitch greyduk minnesota 4:23 PM 6/26/2002
      - It is nonstandard, though.... Excelsior 6:52 PM 6/26/2002
- Re: SpartanBill's "faux pas".. Christian_Trekker 6:11 PM 6/25/2002
  - well, my first attempt to use html in the forum is a bust. (nt) Christian_Trekker 6:13 PM 6/25/2002
    - Forgot some semi-colons, huh :-) (n/t) JT from MD 6:36 PM 6/25/2002
- You don't have to answer... JT from MD 6:03 PM 6/25/2002
Thank you, Hank. JanieG. in FLA. 10:46 PM 6/24/2002
- Amen, here too N/t Nieghbor Rick 12:37 AM 6/25/2002

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: : I've said it before, and I'll say it again... : If I start making minor exceptions to the rules, however small they may seem, everyone will find ways to justify their version of the rules... under the reasoning "well, if that's OK, then this is OK... and if that's OK, then this other thing is also OK..." and so on, and so on, and so on. : So, I will NEVER, no matter how insignificant or minor they seem, make ANY EXCEPTIONS to the rules. I have enough trouble keeping the database accurate, I don't need a million people making up their own rules, just because they think whatever they are doing is OK. The rules exist for a reason : TO BE FOLLOWED, NOT TO BE BROKEN, NOR TO HAVE EXCEPTIONS MADE. PERIOD. : This may sound harsh, but I must respect the rules (and all the rules, as written, NO EXCEPTIONS), or we would end up with a database of complete garbage.. then what fun would Where's George? be? It would only become a record of what people *think* it should be, and not what it really is. Think about it. : -Hank

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