During penalty kicks, the best course of action for soccer goalkeepers is to jump neither right, nor left, but rather to do nothing and remain in the middle of the goal. Politicians, I've often thought, should also do nothing, so as to minimize all the harm they can do whenever they meet, or they should just work at undoing all the bad laws they've already created. Discuss:
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