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From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
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Hi,

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> In message <CACqU3MUQQ6XQTFXhVe1Jtu4Aey3KCdkTcprD7Ojq3oUrdC8b-w@mail.gmail.com>
> , Arnaud Lacombe writes:
>
>>User do not care to understand the meaning of an option, you leave a
>>hole somewhere, it will be used. I'm not even speaking about security
>>issue here...
>
> There is a big difference between having an emergency hatch that
> gives you a chance to escape certain death by running across a
> shooting range, and on posting a sign telling people to use it as
> a short-cut.
>
I will certainly never ask you to draw blueprints for a shooting
range. There is NO legitimacy whatsoever for an emergency hatch to
pass though the firing line.

 - Arnaud