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Old 10-17-2007, 06:23 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by IGGYRULES View Post
I just about **** my pants after reading this. I know what a light year is and generally consider myself to be pretty smart but don't aspire to be an astrophysicist, rocket scietist or anything of that nature. I can appreciate that you do, but I suggest that you tone down the arrogance as there will be many times within your lifetime that you will be the one asking the "stupid" question. Hopefully the person answering the question has the maturity so not to belittle you.
And if I don't know something I should know, that is society's fault as well.

Hell, I didn't know who Tommy Douglas was until I was 17. Was that my fault? Or the school system's fault?

I don't deserve to be belittled for not knowing who Tommy Douglas is, this guy doesn't deserve to be belittled for not knowing what a light year is. But the system does deserve to be belittled, for these are both facts everyone should have learned.
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