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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Meaning of sentence #202994 10/28/2011 1:58 PM Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 7 bizzaro stranger bizzaro stranger Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 7 Can someone please illuminate the meaning of this sentence to me; "My ethical unpredictability is default proof of its hard-won vitality because I’m not, like, by rote or programmatic about it. I think this shit through—every issue" Does the person saying this mean they are actually ethical because they think about the things they do and these things do worry them, and thus by that logic they are actually ethical? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meaning of sentence bizzaro #202995 10/28/2011 2:04 PM Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 7 bizzaro stranger bizzaro stranger Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 7 Is this sentence some kind of fallacy? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meaning of sentence bizzaro #202996 10/28/2011 2:06 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I think what the person is trying to convey is that they consider each ethical problem individually and do not make ethical judgments based on ideology. As a result, their ethics seem unpredictable to others because they do not fit into ready-made categories. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meaning of sentence bizzaro #203004 10/29/2011 2:53 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I agree with zmjezhd. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meaning of sentence Jackie #203008 10/29/2011 8:24 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Yup. "I may seem random and hypocritical, but that's all you." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meaning of sentence Tromboniator #203010 10/29/2011 3:39 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water And as Zm said, people have ready made categories. And when others don't fit into them, they get bent all out of shape and, instead of looking at themselves, they judge others. It is not just randomness and hypocrisy, Peter, but in many other areas as well. Well, it is on them. Judge not lest ye be judged. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meaning of sentence LukeJavan8 #203022 11/01/2011 12:31 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand I'm just a boy whose intentions are good.... Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meaning of sentence bizzaro #203023 11/01/2011 2:41 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky olly--you're an animal! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meaning of sentence Jackie #203030 11/01/2011 8:35 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Roarrr Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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