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This article reads like a confused run in circles [0]. Parents are responsible for kids they cannot control? How can you be responsible for something you have n
by qznc 12y ago
This article reads like a confused run in circles [0]. Parents are responsible for kids they cannot control? How can you be responsible for something you have no control over??
Sure, there is a tendency to blame parents of evildoers, but that is fallacy of the accuser, not the parents.
[0] @native speaker: Is there a good phrase for this?
- AnimalMuppet 12y ago"A confused run in circles" is perhaps a bit awkward, but it communicates well enough. Perhaps more idiomatic would be to say "This article seems to chase itself in circles" or "... seems to wander in circles". But in my opinion, neither is a large improvement over your original phrasing.
- coldtea 12y ago>How can you be responsible for something you have no control over? In the general case, this is very easy and logical: by unleashing it to the world. Isn't that the idea behind the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" (famous from Mickey Mouse's version in Fantasia)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice