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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Mon Apr 18, 2022, 10:45 PM Apr 2022

Are there not times when honest people must choose whether they will be

optimistic or realistic?

Can optimism be an excuse for doing nothing since " Everything will work out ok. It always does" ?

Pessimism is not the only alternative to optimism. Both can be used to excuse inaction; one because "everything's ok" and one because "there's no use".

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Are there not times when honest people must choose whether they will be (Original Post) Atticus Apr 2022 OP

Oh, yes. The example that I remember... driving on a highway at night... German Shepherd darts Karadeniz Apr 2022 #1

Karadeniz

(22,564 posts)

1. Oh, yes. The example that I remember... driving on a highway at night... German Shepherd darts

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Mon Apr 18, 2022, 10:57 PM

Apr 2022

across the road, highly commercial area, not residential... I say, look! There's a stray dog, stop...driver says he's going home.

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