U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student visas

Re:U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student v... by protastus on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @04:54PM (#23837717)

The backup worked this time.

This is akin to a safety system taking over and restoring stability, despite a major component failure. From the outside, things "worked" but backups are designed for extraordinary and rare circumstances, not for continuous use.

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Re:U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student v... by kabdib on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:03PM (#23837832)

Or a safety system, like an airbag.

Not something you want to be triggering as a matter of course or to be proud of having done so, ever.

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Re:U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student v... by netsharc on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @06:35PM (#23838905)

Yeah I prefer the airbag analogy.

"Well, the driver was drunk, we couldn't get him to stop despite our attempts, he drove us into a ditch, but the airbags worked!"

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Re:U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student v... by avs733 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:56PM (#23839592)

government by normalization of deviance?

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