From: "George Sherwood" 

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:43:02 +0100, Adam wrote:

> Dave Ings wrote:
>> A related saying that over the years has helped me to keep my cool when
>> reading "dumb" stories:
>>
>> "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by
>> incompetence".
>>
>> I just Googled this, some attribute it to Napoleon.
>
> Similar to "assume cockup before conspiracy because stupid is easier".
>

Perfect.  Stealing it. :)  I try to get people to understand this all the time.

George

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