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In response to "because all desires are externally imposed? -- nm" by loosilu

that's not what I'm saying here at all. -- nm

Posted by znufrii Aug 21 '09, 08:45

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you are certainly implying that no one that age could want it of their own accord. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 08:46 15
- see my response to Bery below. -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 08:48 14
  - yeah, you said the other option was doing it on a whim. there is a choice C. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 08:49 12
    - regardless, what part of "in many cases" do you not understand here? - znufrii Aug 21, 08:51 11
      - Many cases seems to imply the majority of these people settling down into 'adulthood' are doing it because of societal pressures. - Will Hunting Aug 21, 08:53 8
        
        those two options aren't mutually exclusive. - znufrii Aug 21, 08:58 7
        
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        but also consider the idea that doing something to rebel against societal expectations can be just as influenced by them. -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 09:07 1
        
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        I'm thinking of something a bit more subtle than what you're describing - znufrii Aug 21, 09:04 2
        
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        It's not even always so much about caring what society would think (because really, society on the whole doesn't really care) - znufrii Aug 21, 09:12
      - please don't go to law school. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 08:52 1
        
        wasn't intending to. - znufrii Aug 21, 08:53
  - Subby, not Bery, oops -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 08:48

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