I'd rather it be taken literally than allow for it to be bypassed altogether as Errol seemed to suggest. That said I think So Cal pointed out quite well which parts of the LotG this applies to literally and which parts they probably don't apply to at all.
Fair enough. Socal had, further up the thread, presented it in the way I viewed it. I think the four of us, socal, MR, you and me, are in general agreement on the point.