Re: Recent threads concerning sergeants-at-arms

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/3/19 7:30 PM, Keith Moore wrote:

On 9/3/19 7:24 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote:

Recognising the inevitability of your, my, and everyone's
imperfection and working around that as best we can seems
to me a better plan than yet another utopia.

I certainly agree with the need to recognize, accept, and work around all of our imperfections as best we can.

Does not Postel's law pretty much sum things up:  "Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept?"

Seems like particularly appropriate advice, given the venue.

Miles Fidelman

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