>Hi Tore.
>Generally I would agree with you, but I think there will ALWAYS be an exception . Indeeed, is'nt it the Exception always proves the rule !!

Actually, it doesn't (and that's also a rule). If there's an exception, something's wrong with your rule. Maybe it needs a redefinition of the cases where it is applicable. Or it is just plain wrong.

The original meaning of "exception proves the rule" was that the exception is a test to the rule, where it would either stand or fall, or either would stand or fall - it could be that it's not really an exception, the rule doesn't apply, the rule is wrong etc. The "it doesn't work in this case, so it works always" was never the meaning of the principle, but a few (dozen) decades of misquoting or mistranslation always trump the original meaning, as a rule, with very few exceptions :).