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Originally Posted by cmbs
Being homeless, hungry, rejected everywhere because you haven't properly bathed and groomed yourself is not abstract. It may be a bit extreme, but it might work.
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Ah, but until it actually
happens it
is an abstract, for the person it hasn't happened
to that is.
That's why cautionary tales, which have been around for millennia, fail to reach 100% effectiveness in dissuading young people (of all ages) from doing stupid stuff.
In other words: there are three types of people in the world, those who learn by reading, those who learn by the mistakes of others ... and those who simply
must pee on the electric fence for themselves.
