Mac Forum / Applications / Word / April 2008

This is actually done by the Mac system this way as a means for you not
to do stupid things hastily.

Suppose you just got through putting the finishing touches on 500 page
document you've worked on for 6 months.

Say you then decide after you close you want to do a little file cleanup
on your computer before you shut down . Okay in widows in application
you can delete files in your haste you delete that critical document.

And if you do like you should do to keep your hard drive space as low as
possible before shutting down you empty the recycle bin.

You open up the next day find you baby is gone and if your own higher
than the first floor you open the window and attempt to do a swan dive
on the pavement below. on first flow you take out you knife and slit
your throat.

Now on a Mac the only way you can throw away files you have to
consciously go looking for the files to throw away. This gives you time
to think about what your doing. So its saves you from yourself.