What the expletive is professional indemnity insurance, what’s more do I need it to add comments on this forum?
It is just a forum ain’t it, you know – personal opinions and things like that.
Thoughts on braking
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Re: Thoughts on braking
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Re: Thoughts on braking
Are you qualified to make such a philosophical judgement?Deeping wrote:It is just a forum ain’t it,
I will carefully word my response to make it sound like I once worked for Aristotle and demand to see your typing insurance
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Bluebottle wrote:Are you qualified to make such a philosophical judgement?Deeping wrote:It is just a forum ain’t it,
I will carefully word my response to make it sound like I once worked for Aristotle and demand to see your typing insurance

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Re: Thoughts on braking
I am Aristotle!
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Re: Thoughts on braking
Loving this thread.
As a long time civil servant this argument is right up my street.
Principles I try to abide by:
- sit on the fence as long as possible. The other side may crack first.
- only say something is "certain" once it has already happened
- personal views should be carefully crafted to look like facts but not actually say they that they are such
- use only widely accepted authoritative sources for "facts"
- only ever answer the question you wanted to be asked
- use statistics very selectively but be ready for the rest to come out
- put as much effort into understanding the opposition's argument as you put into constructing your own.
- never reveal all your cards at once. Retain a multi-layer defence
- never insult someone except in jest. You might need them one day.
Now, please continue.
As a long time civil servant this argument is right up my street.
Principles I try to abide by:
- sit on the fence as long as possible. The other side may crack first.
- only say something is "certain" once it has already happened
- personal views should be carefully crafted to look like facts but not actually say they that they are such
- use only widely accepted authoritative sources for "facts"
- only ever answer the question you wanted to be asked
- use statistics very selectively but be ready for the rest to come out
- put as much effort into understanding the opposition's argument as you put into constructing your own.
- never reveal all your cards at once. Retain a multi-layer defence
- never insult someone except in jest. You might need them one day.
Now, please continue.

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Re: Thoughts on braking
There is also the Civil Service technique of making crucial words ambiguous. A classic example (though not actually from a civil servant) was the recent Libor/ Barclays scandal, where someone wrote an e-mail to say that Libor rates need not be so high....whatever 'need' might mean in that instance.StephenC wrote:Loving this thread.
As a long time civil servant this argument is right up my street.
Principles I try to abide by:
- sit on the fence as long as possible. The other side may crack first.
- only say something is "certain" once it has already happened
- personal views should be carefully crafted to look like facts but not actually say they that they are such
- use only widely accepted authoritative sources for "facts"
- only ever answer the question you wanted to be asked
- use statistics very selectively but be ready for the rest to come out
- put as much effort into understanding the opposition's argument as you put into constructing your own.
- never reveal all your cards at once. Retain a multi-layer defence
- never insult someone except in jest. You might need them one day.
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Re: Thoughts on braking
I am Aristotle and so is my wifeSpikeOne wrote:I am Aristotle!
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Re: Thoughts on braking
I like these principles very much and shall endevour to live my forum life by them, until I get annoyed/pissed/find my soapbox etcStephenC wrote:Loving this thread.
As a long time civil servant this argument is right up my street.
Principles I try to abide by:
- sit on the fence as long as possible. The other side may crack first.
- only say something is "certain" once it has already happened
- personal views should be carefully crafted to look like facts but not actually say they that they are such
- use only widely accepted authoritative sources for "facts"
- only ever answer the question you wanted to be asked
- use statistics very selectively but be ready for the rest to come out
- put as much effort into understanding the opposition's argument as you put into constructing your own.
- never reveal all your cards at once. Retain a multi-layer defence
- never insult someone except in jest. You might need them one day.
Now, please continue.
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Re: Thoughts on braking
Do not challenge my wisdom. I was involved in the research and development that led to Aristotle and his wife of the same name.Deeping wrote:I am Aristotle and so is my wife
(Ok, I was outside sat on the donkey checking the number of ears it had, but I only said involved, not my fault if you thought something different. )
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Re: Thoughts on braking
I hope you had the proper indemnity insurance for that donkey, viscious brutes they are, you wouldn't want it to be mauling some innocent children with its fangs and claws.