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Subject:Re: Warnings and Cautions From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:09:46 -0700
Using "warning" to mean "danger" strikes me as being a warningous
procedure. It just doesn't evoke the right reaction. If the
procedure presents the user with danger, it should say DANGER.
If you do a man-on-the-street survey, I'll bet that most would
consider "caution" to be a higher level of threat than "warning,"
and that "danger" would be the only one of the three that was
consistently associated with risk of life and limb.
While most people are willing to call a spade an implement,
let's not obfuscate danger. While it may be true that most
workers in some narrow industries know that "warning" means
"danger," I'll bet that all of them know that "danger" means
"danger."
-- Robert
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