• girlfreddy
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    1 year ago

    It’s easier to apologise than ask permission.

    /s

    • vortic@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission” was coined by Admiral Grace Hopper for use in a very different context. It is intended to mean that, when dealing with a beaurocracy like the military, it is often easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.

      She certainly wouldn’t have intended for it to be used in the context of theft.