The most grating part was that they relied on entirely naive assumptions. You don’t need to posit ‘don’t change your mind’ bias on the part of Josh Steiber’s peers. Just that none of them were under the misapprehension that they had joined the Salvation Army.
and wish we could enforce the “no politics” guideline more consistently.
Consistently enforced ‘guideline’? Something in there verges on oxymoronic.
Just that none of them were under the misapprehension that they had joined the Salvation Army.
The soldier’s notion that he would not be expected to participate in bloody reprisals and violating other people’s preferences was hopelessly naive historically speaking.
The most grating part was that they relied on entirely naive assumptions. You don’t need to posit ‘don’t change your mind’ bias on the part of Josh Steiber’s peers. Just that none of them were under the misapprehension that they had joined the Salvation Army.
Consistently enforced ‘guideline’? Something in there verges on oxymoronic.
The soldier’s notion that he would not be expected to participate in bloody reprisals and violating other people’s preferences was hopelessly naive historically speaking.
Fair enough; when I edited “rule” to “guideline” I should also have edited “enforce” to “follow”.
Now that is a sentiment that I can endorse.