comex wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's a lowercase should, which I can't really read as anything but an >> obligation in this context; it's an obligation to understand the full >> implications of what you're doing, or else not do it. How else would >> you interpret MMI? > > Before failing to understand and carefully weigh the full implications > of not understanding and carefully weighing the full implications of > not understanding and carefully weighing the full implications of > failing to perform an action before failing to perform it before > failing to do so, the full implications of failing to do so should be > understood and carefully weighed.
Er, yes, it's arguably a self-reference that boils down to a non-binding recommendation. Feel free to propose changing it to explicitly state one or the other.