fair enough. Rats.
"Like any dogma, it is honored far more in the breach than in the observance."
-Benoit Mandelbrot
"Like any dogma, it is honored far more in the breach than in the observance."
As is appropriate when the dogma in question is trivially observed yet distracting when breached. I would expect dogma to be encouraged with honor for observance more when the reverse is the case. For example, when a dogma pertains to a particularly noble or self sacrificial action that is far rarer than the 'null' breach.
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