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by LadyCailin 447 days ago
That seems.. whatever the opposite of pragmatic is, but not in a good way, as in “principled”. There are very good reasons one would be required to be vague in a situation like this, but still know about a very serious issue.

It’s like seeing a road sign that says “danger ahead” and ignoring it because it wasn’t very specific. It’s just.. not a sensible move.

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Yeah, this is the behavior of the stuffy administrator in an 80's sci-fi comedy, minutes before the horror the heroes are trying to warn him from is unleashed.

The only question left is "who is going to deliver the quippy one-liner afterwards?"

Boy, do I hate being right all the time.

-- Dr. Ian Malcolm