There was a particular individual who stood up and urged members not to vote for females.

Whoever that is in the middle of there, I'm not going to vote for him.

I and other like-minded members will not vote for the final package when it comes back if it has drilling in the Arctic there,

The board vote for this particular variance does not set a precedent,

Kafka is not interested in documenting the manners and mores of any particular place; he is not interested in probing the psyche of individual characters.

There can be a lot done if you are not so particular about who gets credit for it.