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Strength

by Dovina

Member since 2004 · Posted 4 Sep 2005 · 12 comments

If I disapproved as strongly as I think you disapprove, I would rage. It takes strength to live a life you don’t like. But when you find beauty even there, I’m amazed.

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12 comments

[10] Bethy 4-Sep-05/6:15 PM Reply
get outta my head...lol...*10* :) Bethy
[n/a] Dovina › Bethy 6-Sep-05/6:16 AM Reply
Yes, mam, right away. Thanks.
[7] zodiac 5-Sep-05/3:24 AM Reply
The amount you should think he disapproves is, "pretty much, but not to an extent or in a way that necessitates raging." Is it?
[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 6-Sep-05/6:17 AM Reply
It would necessetate raging if I felt as strongly about it as I think she does. Does that make it more understandable?
[7] zodiac › Dovina 8-Sep-05/4:22 AM Reply
No. The amount that she disapproves doesn't appear to necessitate raging. At least, not if you assume she isn't raging. Maybe you don't, but then the poem just kind of evaporates, doesn't it?
[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 8-Sep-05/11:56 AM Reply
No, because she is a self-controlled person who holds her rage. I am not so self-controlled.
[7] zodiac › Dovina 10-Sep-05/4:29 AM Reply
Do you agree that if some amount of disapproval necessitates raging, then any person who experiences it will rage, regardless of his or her self-control? And yes, I'm aware this conversation's gone on way too far to just be getting to this point.
[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 10-Sep-05/5:01 AM Reply
No. Disapproval does not necessitate rage. Some people rage at the slightest disapproval and some never rage. The two things are not closely related.
[7] zodiac › Dovina 10-Sep-05/5:51 AM Reply
Woah, back up.

Dovina: If I disapproved as strongly / as I think you disapprove / I would rage.

zodiac: The amount you should think she disapproves is "pretty much, but not enough to necessitate raging."

Dovina: Disapproval does not necessitate rage. Some people rage at the slightest disapproval and some never rage. The two things are not closely related.

zodiac: That's not what we're talking about. We're talking about the amount the addressee of the poem disapproves, which is not strongly enough to necessitate raging. Otherwise the addressee would be raging.

Dovina: So?

zodiac: So you'd be raging in a situation that doesn't require raging from all people who experience it. Maybe you just like raging.

Dovina: So?

zodiac: Um, I dunno.
[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 11-Sep-05/11:29 AM Reply
For once your summary is accurate. However, the problem is still this: The addressee of the poem disapproves to an extent that would cause me to rage if I were in that circumstance. She, however, is so kind and self-controlled that she does not rage. It’s really that simple.
[5] Tintagiles 7-Sep-05/8:06 PM Reply
Could stand another take.
[n/a] Dovina › Tintagiles 8-Sep-05/11:57 AM Reply
How so?