Brouwer accepted this consequence wholeheartedly.
However, this consequence is debatable.
The friction between the pair will no doubt invite hilarious consequences.
Life, after all, is filled with drawing lines about highly elusive and difficult-to-define differences, and yet we do so because to shirk the task is to invite worse consequences.
Failing to act would invite "catastrophic" consequences, Geithner has said: Military service members would not get paid, retirement investments would drop in value, and people would face higher payments on mortgages and car loans.
The Abe government's most recent defense white paper noted the growth in Chinese military outlays and capabilities, and warned that "China's actions include dangerous acts that may invite unintended consequences, raising concerns over China's future direction".
The ball bounced off Holden's chest, and this failure to clear invited a disastrous consequence.
Doing nothing would invite far worse consequences than doing something, perilous though that is.
A few local pioneers have reaped swift rewards: Bozano Simonsen, a financial-services firm in Rio de Janeiro, pocketed a $400m profit last year, when it sold minority stakes in two privatised steel makers it had bought for a total of $150m.New openness to foreign investment will invite consequences that go far beyond the companies sold and the investors buying them.
I talked it over with my better half and we came to the conclusion that we didn't want to "screw with the vibe" of our miraculous run – whatever that even means – as if financial horse sense would somehow invite negative karmic consequences.
While it might have resulted in fewer employees immediately signing up for teams if they needed to be invited, the unintended consequence of exposing top-secret projects is probably a much bigger issue for its customers.
