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Those charged with enforcing the rules are not infrequently in bed with those violating the rules; "regulatory capture".
by gchpaco 14y ago
Those charged with enforcing the rules are not infrequently in bed with those violating the rules; "regulatory capture".
- raylu 14y agoI don't think this is regulatory capture at all. Regulatory capture is when those charged with making rules meant to limit the powers of a group are in bed with that same group.
- yogo 14y agoOff-topic comment but it seems like some kind of trend to intentionally use double negatives in comments. I understand that sometimes using the double negative could be an important distinction, e.g. "not uncommon" does not necessarily mean common, but in this case I think one has to go out of the way to say "not infrequently." Maybe it's just me but I had to re-read that sentence to be sure I understood what was said.
- gchpaco 14y agoCould just be regional idioms; I think I picked that phrase up from some British folks who made a habit of understatement. It isn't especially friendly to the reader, I'll admit (there, I did it again!).
- koralatov 14y agoThe phrase ``not uncommon'' is not uncommon in the UK.
- Oxryly 14y agoI mentally cross out the "not" and the "un" or "in"; then it reads correctly. e.g.: "not uncommon" becomes " common"