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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 09:38 AM
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21. "Justice, tempered with mercy" has no impact on these people
Neither does the phrase, "I/we screwed up, I/we'll rectify it."

Unfortunately, they tend to follow the "if all the 't's are crossed and all the 'i's are dotted, then it meets requirements" school of justice, which is the lowest common denominator. I think the only recourse would be for Congress to amend the appropriate federal law(s) to allow for such bureaucratic screwups, but they've got more important things (cocktail dinners and meetings with lobbyists come to mind) to attend to.
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