> Dave, consider this scenario. You drive in a neighborhood and in great
> hurry you leave your car windows open. Your car gets robbed. You
> invoke insurance, and so on. While engaged in damage control you are
> [...].
> 
> 2. The second time you did it on purpose. Further, this time you were
> knowingly inviting the thief so that you can cry out loud. Again - you
> were right by the letter of the law, but you were very non-smart other
> than that. Ultimately, I should point out that in this case your
> behavior may indicate a deeper underlying problem than just being
> robbed.

This is a straw man argument, Boris. It doesn't work.

> [...]
> Ultimate bottom line here is Hebrew saying "Be wise, don't be right".

That is a recipe for victimhood. It's analogous to telling women not to use the 
subway, or not to go out after dark. In other words, give in to bullies rather 
than stand up for what's right, even at some cost to yourself.


B
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