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Re:The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who expos... by frereubu on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:02PM (#29499904)
What Rumsfeld meant was clearly that the incidents were isolated, but I can't help thinking when people use this phrase this that the full version is "a few bad apples spoil the barrel." It seems particularly appropriate here.
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Re:The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who expos... by Gunax on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:14PM (#29500101)
The phrase is certainly apropos, but I am not sure Rumsfeld would disagree. I believe it's implied that the behaviour of the bad apples will not be tolerated.
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