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Tucker I'm not going to answer all your parsing and suppositions of my comments because frankly it sounds like a lot of gobbledegook too me. I think you miss the forest through the trees.
Definition Conform:
1. Comply with rules, standards, or laws.
2. (of a person) Behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards: "the pressure to conform".
You can say choice, coward and victim-mentality till the rocks fall out of your ears but you still have conformed. Whether by choice or pressure we all have done it.
Here's your quote that makes my point. People are rarely fully aware of all our choices, especially the ones we are conforming too. It's an almost mindless process sometimes. I'm not a wizard with grammar or the sharpest bulb in the tool shed but I know when someones using circle logic,, duhhh. I have an overly educated friend with 15yrs of college who likes to grade my emails for grammatical errors. He thinks its funny. So when we're in the company of others I mispronounce words on purpose when telling a story so he'll continually correct me to look smart. Then I ask him "can you tell me the point of my story"? He ends up staring at me blankly because he was too focused on my mispronunciation. My point Tucker even an idiot can make you look stupid when they pull your pants down.. he's showing his heiny :2razz:
You have brains and manners Bodhisattva,, bravo! :mrgreen:
Definition Conform:
1. Comply with rules, standards, or laws.
2. (of a person) Behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards: "the pressure to conform".
You can say choice, coward and victim-mentality till the rocks fall out of your ears but you still have conformed. Whether by choice or pressure we all have done it.
People don't need conscious sound and logical thought processes in order to engage in choice making. In fact, very few people do engage in sound, logical thinking prior to making choices. That doesn't mean they aren't making choices, though. It just means they aren't fully aware of their thought processes.
Here's your quote that makes my point. People are rarely fully aware of all our choices, especially the ones we are conforming too. It's an almost mindless process sometimes. I'm not a wizard with grammar or the sharpest bulb in the tool shed but I know when someones using circle logic,, duhhh. I have an overly educated friend with 15yrs of college who likes to grade my emails for grammatical errors. He thinks its funny. So when we're in the company of others I mispronounce words on purpose when telling a story so he'll continually correct me to look smart. Then I ask him "can you tell me the point of my story"? He ends up staring at me blankly because he was too focused on my mispronunciation. My point Tucker even an idiot can make you look stupid when they pull your pants down.. he's showing his heiny :2razz:
You have brains and manners Bodhisattva,, bravo! :mrgreen: