Previously submitted, flagged dead:
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2704322" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2704322</a><p>"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."<p><pre><code> George Santayana,
The Life of Reason (1905-1906)
Vol. I, Reason in Common Sense
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(Copied from <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana</a>)<p>ADDED IN EDIT:<p>OK, since I'm getting downvotes for this (as I write it's at -1) perhaps I'd better expand on it to explain my reasoning.<p>Firstly, this item is a repeat submission. It was submitted earlier, and so there is some earier "discussion" to reference. I thought it would be of value to point that out.<p>I especially thought it would be of value since it that discussion seems to highlight some concerns about the item in question. Rather than simply repeat them here, I thought it better to point to it over there.<p>The quotation was intended to point out a problem with items like this getting flagged. Several times in the past I've seen items get flagged dead, only to be submitted repeatedly, then flagged dead each time. Deleting the items by having them flagged dead just means that the same thing is submitted over and over again, and hence came to mind the given quotation. Paraphrased:<p>If you delete things, you can't learn from them, leading to the potential for repeating the same errors over and over.<p>I thought people would find that interesting, relevant, and potentially a useful tidbit.<p>So downvote me if you will, but at least understand that my intention was to add value.