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  • August 20, 2017 at 7:09 pm

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    David.Poole - Thursday, August 17, 2017 4:03 AM

    The saying "Blood is thicker than water" is a contraction of a saying and consequently is often taken to mean the precise opposite of what it actually means.  the full saying is something like "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb".  If you put a diverse team together with a common goal then their diversity will quickly become a non-issue.  To my mind this is an effective diversity policy.

    It strikes me as odd that anyone should imagine that a saying that dates from 11th century German is best understood as meaning some bizarre interpretation that dates from pretty close to the end of the 20th century (1994) or that that such an interpretation is either "what it actually means" or even "the full saying".

    Tom