Jiro comments on Rationality Quotes Thread October 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 30 November 2015 10:15:08PM 0 points [-]

"Prohibits alcohol on Good Friday" means "specifically prohibits alcohol on Good Friday". Prohibiting it as a subset of a generic prohibition on all alcohol doesn't count.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 01 December 2015 12:41:05AM 2 points [-]

"Prohibits alcohol on Good Friday" means "specifically prohibits alcohol on Good Friday".

Which is a sliver of a prohibition. And even that got trumped by commercial lobbying by pubs on a Good Friday when there was a big football match.