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slumpystones S
slumpystones Jun 18, 2007 16:18:58
Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:
...let's see how they're going to reverse their way out of their time capsule blunder.
Simple. "We Fucked Up, sorry."

Now of course, no politician, government employee with healthy pension or anyone else in authority will do that, but I would rather read:

"After consultation between various interested parties, it has been decided that the time capsule project was ill thought out and potentially harmful, and the decision has been taken to offer the schoolchildren a time capsule on the site of the school itself, which is much more appropriate as they are the last pupils to go to that school, which closes in a few weeks"

than

"We've made the decision, and no matter how ridiculous it seems, no matter how much people object, no matter of the future consequences, we are sticking with it".

N nigelswift
nigelswift Jun 18, 2007 16:32:39
Replying to slumpystones

Nah, you're all wrong, my mystical powers of prediction far exceed that Mr Littlestone's.
It'll be something like -

As we previously pointed out, there are many different and conflicting conservationist and lay opinions upon the pros and cons of depositing a time capsule within the imported modern fill material, all of them having some merit. Consequently we have decided to carry out a consultation exercise amongst all interested parties with a view to reaching a decision which best reflects the widest possible opinion.

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