Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men
is it not a somewhat deplorable state of affairs in todays society
when mangled mis-quotations can be presented as brazenly as this, and allowed to bolster an unsustainable case?
In Britain's Noughties our society has become one of everyone passes Go, everyone collects £200, no one has to throw a die to get it, everyone gets off scot-free, and no one is ever at fault or responsible for their actions. "Rules are for the obedience of fools.." Bejasus!
That is the deplorable state of our society today.
And this, of all places, a Professional pilot's forum, seems (collectively) perfectly happy in itself to be defending someone who has repeatedly demonstrated that they cannot or will not conform to the requirements of a Professional discipline and responsible behaviour at work, or obey the simplest of rules if it does not suit his momentary whim...Had he been a milkman and flouted rules like that he'd have deserved the boot, but as a pilot???????
Frankly, I'm horrified at the attitude, "he's done no wrong," this is the way of the chav druggie-burglar car-thief that we see every night on our TVs, blindly refusing to accept guilt even when caught red-handed.
This is not, or rather
should not be the way of a trustworthy Airline pilot, or, for that matter, any member of civilised society.
Shame!
Brian A, the correct quotation is "...the guidance of wise men and the
blind obedience of fools." which conveys an utterly differrent message, does it not?