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			IMO -- The rule to ignore the DOG in your friend's sitch was written to mitigate an unintended consequence of the larger DOG rule, rather than to confer a certain advantage or disadvantage in the larger balancing equation.  So there's no judgment involved in deciding whether some hypothetical advantage may or may not be available.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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