The first exception should be the hardest one to make. Once you’ve made one, each additional exception gets exponentially easier. Beware that first exception.
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The first exception should be the hardest one to make. Once you’ve made one, each additional exception gets exponentially easier. Beware that first exception.
David
on 14 Jun 13raise MindBlownException
Roger
on 14 Jun 13that is so true in every aspect of our lives whether it be personal, work, political, religious . . .
once an exception is done once then you say “well I did it once one more won’t hurt”
exceptions is how addictions start?
Scott Semple
on 14 Jun 13My 9-year-old son, not surprisingly, uses past exceptions to try to form new rules.
“I’ve seen that movie before. Why can’t I watch it again?” he often says.
I’ve found that the most effective response is, “Just because we made a mistake in the past doesn’t mean that we should make that mistake again.”
Adam
on 17 Jun 13This is part of why people are susceptible to slippery slope fallacies. One exception shouldn’t justify the next, but it so often does that we’re willing to believe there’s an intrinsic truth there.
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