Spare us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
Or, more specifically to your usage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule#Serious_nonsense
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:51 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [WS:] FDR was an exception that proves the rule. The fact that the US
> did not turn fascist in the 1930s as Europe did is due, in a large
> part, to its visceral hatred of central government.
>
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