See {brute force and ignorance}. Also encountered in the variants
BFMI, "brute force and massive ignorance" and BFBI "brute force and
bloody ignorance". In some parts of the U.S. this abbreviation was
probably reinforced by a company called Browning-Ferris Industries in
the waste-management business; a large BFI logo in white-on-blue
could be seen on the sides of garbage trucks.
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