"We will accept responsibility for ..." to me sounds a lot like "if elected, I promise to ...".
Welcome to human reality. It is part of the normal growth process to uncover and discard delusions. Mencken said that the cynics were right 90 percent of the time. Bill Fairchild Programmer Rocket Software 408 Chamberlain Park Lane • Franklin, TN 37069-2526 • USA t: +1.617.614.4503 • e: bfairch...@rocketsoftware.com • w: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:02 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: X86 server I now don't believe much of anybody when they say that they will accept any responsibility for anything. Given time, they will renege on any agreement that they possibly can get away with reneging on. I am getting very cynical and sick of people in my old age. -- John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN