Anticipating a possible forthcoming example of the errors of one’s ways does not excuse one from then committing that same error. As for the comment you referred to in your excellent story, it was particularly interesting for me that that was the example included, as it was rather out of character for me to make a personal philosophical view in a public forum, and that was only because I felt it was a necessary response to a rather damaged world view, if I can put it that way. I generally attempt to be argumentative (by which I mean intellectual, but calling it that would be couching my actions in vague, pretentious cushions of deceit) and occasionally amusing, for other’s benefit. To be told that my only amusing contribution was virtually the only one I meant in a purely serious manner is, to put it mildly, interesting. And as far as your next point is concerned, it is only correct to be gracious when another has brightened your day, even by the tiniest amount. And were the pond I was referring to the English Channel, the sentence would have concluded with the words, “MDR, impressionnant!”
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