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Old 07-29-2015, 10:53 PM   #47
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Default Re: Social Vulnerability: Daddy Issues (?)

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran View Post
The disadvantage is from their behavior, not belief. One could freak out for any conceivable reason or its exact opposite. The operative words being, "freak out".
Bingo. As with the example I gave from Waterloo. The French were behaving in a manner that was at least arguably suboptimal for their own survival. But it was indifferent whether that was caused by the crazy,"We are betrayed" or the very real, "We are defeated."
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