On 2016-09-23 at 19:12, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bart Schouten <list@xenhideout.nl> writes: > >> I think the point that people are trying to get across is that a >> lot of what you say Russ feels like excuses. > > An excuse is when you know you should do something but aren't going > to do so, and are trying to justify that decision to oneself. While I see the perspective which leads you to that statement, I don't think that's strictly correct. The way I usually put it is that "if you expect to be excused because of it, it's an excuse". Some excuses are valid, mind. That doesn't mean they aren't excuses. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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