> Foreign key violations are 100% data corruption Sure, yes, of course, who cares? These are self-imposed rules, so breaking them is wholly up to yourself. An

> Foreign key violations are 100% data corruption Sure, yes, of course, who cares? These are self-imposed rules, so breaking them is wholly up to yourself. And there are trade-offs involved that may often make it acceptable relax them. You seem to be rather invested in one set of arbitrary definitions. If people do fine even in situations where they "by definition" shouldn't, it's the definitions that have been found lacking, not the people.