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Originally Posted By: BranSheahaving a quality is not the same thing as having a quality which you pretend not to have -
Looks like an empty comparison to me as in both cases you still have the quality.
I agree that one has the quality in both cases, but that hardly makes it an empty comparison. The point is that one individual is being deceptive, the other is not.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
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