On 12/11/06, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
That may be consistent with your view of the "ordinary person", but others may see it differently. Avoidance is a restriction that one applies on one's own self. It does not depend on the imposition of external authority. It favours the exercise of judgement and the ability to know one's own limits.
My point is that anyone who reads that will interpret the *intentions of the writer* to be that the act is not allowed. It doesn't matter what he thinks avoidance is, but what he thinks the policy-maker meant by it.
Really, whenever we say "avoid doing X", what we're trying to say something like "don't do X without a damn good reason, and by that we mean something which we would consider a damn good reason, not something which happens to be important to you."
It's just kind of hard to put it snappily. Suggestions appreciated.