But generalizing from these exceptions is unwise. An administration that has consistently boasted of its willingness to bend (and sometimes break) the law to meet an unprecedented threat has become notorious not for its flexibility, but for its rigidity.
人们很容易就会想象到这样一种情况，也就是通过限制个人权利以及放弃预先制定好的决策规则来增加灵活性。但是从这些例外情况中得出总体上的结论是不明智的。如果政府一贯宣称其愿意扭曲法律(有时违反法律)来应付前所未有的威胁，那么，它就会因为它的顽固而非灵活而臭名昭著。