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"But I'd be careful not to take this argument too far into sophistry." "But there's nothing to be gained in being different in itself." The essay needed no ca
by dclowd9901 15y ago
"But I'd be careful not to take this argument too far into sophistry."
"But there's nothing to be gained in being different in itself."
The essay needed no cautionary caveat, and that's what Daniel purported it was missing. I posit it was missing nothing at all, and that only the most hopelessly pedantic interpretation of it would call for an explanation of exception.
So, no, not looking for for a fight, just a little tired the "making a point for the sake of making a point."
- knowtheory 15y agoA difficulty i have is that it sounds like you're nit-picking OP, claiming that he's nit-picking. The reason why I bring this up is that i don't think Daniel's point is a small one. And perhaps he hasn't couched it in the most benign of ways (although it is pretty benign), there is a difference between saying "Be true to yourself" and "Being different is okay". It may well be the case that these two things coincide occasionally, but i agree with Daniel that conflating the two misstates what sucks about high school, and how life may change in the future.