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Re:'All I wanted to do is build a house' (2010) by marcosdumay on Monday December 26, 2016 @12:02PM (#13258870)
One side of the problem is that "strict rule book with concrete requirements" translate into stamps for quality certification and plenty of dumb rule following.
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Re:'All I wanted to do is build a house' (2010) by clarkmoody on Monday December 26, 2016 @04:47PM (#13259932)
Of course.

But the alternative of rules that are open to interpretation is worse. If there must be rules, let them be clear and concrete.

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Re:'All I wanted to do is build a house' (2010) by marcosdumay on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @12:49PM (#13264641)
Taken to an extreme, clear rules not open to interpretation lead exactly to the crazy situation you can read on the article.
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