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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: Mistakes |
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Inspired by a jaderedux posting in the job forum.
Im fed up with the use of the word "mistake" to describe intentional acts.
When someone breaks the law I often hear that "he made a mistake. Let's forgive him".
As far as I am concerned, an intentional act is not a mistake. if you hand in a plagiarized paper, you didnt make a mistake. if you kill someone intentionally, you didnt make a mistake. If you drank before driving, got in the car and had an accident, you didnt make a mistake. If you cheat on your spouse, you didnt make a mistake. ETC ETC ETC
What is it about today's society? Why do we excuse idiots' intentional acts by calling them mistakes? |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Its not a mistake to kill someone. Its a perfectly reasonable well thought out thing to do? It really depends on how you use the word. Personally I think its a massive mistake to kill someone. Its just not a valid excuse. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| Its not a mistake to kill someone. Its a perfectly reasonable well thought out thing to do? It really depends on how you use the word. Personally I think its a massive mistake to kill someone. Its just not a valid excuse. |
Its not a mistake. Mistake implies the person just kind of did it, without meaning to, the blame isnt 100% on them. Which is bullshit. The way it is used says it all "He just made a mistake". Sorry. he didnt JUST make a mistake. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Why don't you put all your archived posts into this thread? |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:23 am Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| Its not a mistake to kill someone. Its a perfectly reasonable well thought out thing to do? It really depends on how you use the word. Personally I think its a massive mistake to kill someone. Its just not a valid excuse. |
Its not a mistake. Mistake implies the person just kind of did it, without meaning to, the blame isnt 100% on them. Which is *beep*. The way it is used says it all "He just made a mistake". Sorry. he didnt JUST make a mistake. |
It depends on how you use the word I suppose. The meaning I got out of it, is that the person is admitting what they did was wrong. |
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