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Darranar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-03 09:11 PM
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I've been thinking...
Arrogance and modesty... are they two seperate things altogether, or two sides of the same coin?

Think about it. Someone who flaunts their modesty is bragging, and therefore probably thinks that he/she is better than everyone else, and is therefore arrogant, not modest. But if someone flaunts the fact that they flaunt that, which means that they flaunt that they're arrogant, which means that they aren't hiding their arrogance and aren't arrogant enough to hide it... are they therefore modest?

It works with arrogant people, too. Think about it.

Or am I just crazy?

:crazy:
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-03 09:16 PM
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1. You seem to presume
that all modesty if false modesty.

I'd have to disagree.
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Darranar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-03 09:19 PM
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2. Is that "if" supposed to be an "is?"
if not, I don't understand your post.
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Darranar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-03 09:44 PM
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3. Kick...
I'm too arrogant to let this thread be ignored. Or because I'm flaunting the fact that I'm arrogant, does that make me modest? Because I'm saying that it makes me modest, does that mean that I'm flaunting my modesty and I'm therefore ignorant?

:crazy: This is really a strange path of thought.
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