[lafroste]

I think this falls under the heading "The Banality of evil". Petty bureaucrats that do not have the wit to independantly analyze their decisions but instead follow the rule book with parrot like devotion and bandage wrapped vision are the enablers of oppression. Indeed, I think that oppression is not possible until the oppressor first constructs a system that allows dull-witted robots into positions of authority.

I've often thought that one solution to this problem is to require all PhD candidates to get through differential equations in college regardless of their major, just to prove that they are smart enough to be called a PhD.

[sandydipper]

Sir - apparently Lund did follow the rules. He had submitted a written request to allow Richardon to speak but Ulrica told him she was not even going "to look at" his request.

Ulrica told Lund that he had a problem not her. Ulrica must hate the military and America. Why is she in the school system?

[dc27]

I've often thought that one solution to this problem is to require all PhD candidates to get through differential equations in college regardless of their major, just to prove that they are smart enough to be called a PhD.

You bring back bad memories of Laplace transforms.