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12 Post author: NancyLebovitz 23 January 2011 01:07PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 23 January 2011 02:23:55PM *  2 points [-]

I think you're right-- "you should have known better" seems to come into play after something goes wrong, rather than for taking possibly excessive precautions if such precautions are merely a waste of effort.