How do you solve a problem like the BVI? - Coda Story

How do you solve a problem like the BVI? - Coda Story

Apparently, the word “deadline” was first coined in a notoriously brutal Confederacy-run prison during the American Civil War: any prisoners that crossed the line got killed. The point of a deadline is that, if you don’t stick to it, there are severe consequences. So what do you call a line that, should you cross it, brings zero consequences? A shrug-line? A meh-line? A British-Overseas-Territories-line? “Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Is…