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No offence, Plutarch , but it is not quite clear to me whether or not you understood the moral of the parable of the two wolf cubs. So please forgive me if I over explain... My point is that young humans today are pulled in two different directions in life - "one" by the spirit embodied in their biological directives, and "two" by the social conditionings of their culture that are necesary to fulfill a percieved requirement of that particular culture's collective needs. Get it? One event is socially induced and the other is a natural biological realization of individual satifaction. Today, individual satifaction, although the prime instrument of collective advancement, sucks hind tit. {Pardon me, individuals and robots, for using the term "sucks hind tit" ; personally I don't.) 
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it is not quite clear to me whether or not you understood the moral of the parable of the two wolf cubsI did get it, themilum. I just didn't know how to make a good poem out of it. "Individual satisfaction" has never really been "individual", themilum.
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Doesn't anyone have fun in English class anymore?
I still recall an example Sister used :
"Lying in the gutter I found my purse."
I'm way over my head in this discussion but perhaps some things I have read here will seep in. One reason I am here is to keep this old brain box functioning!
Mercy! Glad I didn't have to take a Regent's exam, of troy, to get my job in newspapering - don't know if I could have passed it!
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"Lying in the gutter I found my purse."
This is a classic example of how easy it is to snicker at a usage. English school boys snicker at mention of the Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. Snickering does not constitute valid grammatical criticism.
Note: This does not mean that the quoted usage is not objectionable on a stylistic basis.
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Snickering does not constitute valid grammatical criticism.A snicker is the most articulate, learned, spontaneous and succint of all grammatical criticisms, Faldage. If that makes it 'invalid', it is because it trivializes any other meaning of "valid". If you stub your toe walking barefoot thru a room in the middle of the night, the pain you feel will be real enuf, even if you can't make a "valid" medical diagnosis of the damage at that very moment.
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And then the Plutarch stood up and said... "A snicker is the most articulate, learned, spontaneous and succint of all grammatical criticisms..."
______________________ "snicker" ________
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______________________ "snicker" ________ and Res ipsa loquiturBetween you, I think you have made my case, themilum. I don't mind being the object of a "snicker", if it advances my argument. Analysis can coax humor out of wit, but wit which draws a snicker without coaxing is generally the more admired.
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At one time, years ago, when I worked for the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, we hosted a running event for police, judges, prosecutors, court clerks and public defenders. The entry fee got each runner a luncheon at the finish line and a tee-shirt with the name of the event printed on it: RACE IPSA LOQUITUR.
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The entry fee got each runner ... and a tee-shirt with the name of the event printed on it: RACE IPSA LOQUITUR
Next time you run this Race, you should line up Reese's Chocolate as a sponsor, Father Steeve.
Then you could call the Race:
REESE'S RACE IPSA LOQUITUR
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