Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Are you ambitious?
- 21/11/2011 04:31:10 PM
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Why did she say that? What was her point? *NM*
- 21/11/2011 04:43:02 PM
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To hint that some of us have potential we aren't living up to? I don't know
- 21/11/2011 04:54:54 PM
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That comparison seems ill-suited to motivate her students. Thanks for answering. *NM*
- 21/11/2011 10:30:24 PM
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Yes. *NM*
- 21/11/2011 05:12:57 PM
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That's like asking someone if they're altruistic, it depends very heavily on the definition *NM*
- 21/11/2011 06:58:22 PM
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Those who answer can feel free to define it any way they wish
- 21/11/2011 08:46:36 PM
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And they clearly are, but I don't have a personal prefered definition, which is why I ask
- 21/11/2011 11:36:35 PM
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And they clearly are, but I don't have a personal prefered definition, which is why I ask
- 21/11/2011 11:36:35 PM
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No - greatness is being thrust upon me *NM*
- 21/11/2011 09:25:00 PM
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*NM*
- 21/11/2011 09:25:00 PM
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You are not supposed to talk about that in public! 
- 22/11/2011 02:44:19 AM
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*NM*
- 22/11/2011 04:52:43 AM
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- 22/11/2011 02:44:19 AM
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*NM*
- 22/11/2011 04:52:43 AM
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I try to keep the Viking axe far away from things to which I am very attached.
- 22/11/2011 09:53:01 AM
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- 22/11/2011 09:53:01 AM
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