Many parents try to avoid a true relation with their child,
because they do not feel up to what the child expects from them.
It is not easy, actually, to mean the whole world to someone so fragile,
While having done nothing to deserve it.
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What one has done to deserve it is irrelevant. What one has done to be responsible for it is a whole different issue…
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hi Simon,
I meant ‘deserve’ in a positive way, as in ‘be rewarded by’, be worthy of…
Are you pointing to a translation error.
The French here is less ambiguous : « mériter » can be both positive (a prize) and negative ( a sanction),
I thought ‘deserve’ allowed both as well.
Am I wrong…
(in the meantime, I change it for « worthy of »)
thanks
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No error. That is how I meant the reply. « Whether one is worthy of the position is irrelevant, compared to the responsibility of creating the position in the first place ».
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Thank you Simon,
I sometimes rush into translating when it would ‘deserve’ more attention and proofreading.
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We are all guilty of inattentiveness at times
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how can that ever be called ‘guilt’ when precisely this is ‘inattentive’ ?
The experience of guilt and the overcoming thereof is unattainable without attention.
This is the sad part,
There can be no guilt for inattentiveness.
That would be a good landing strip for compassion and forgiveness.
Just saying.
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Strict liability? (Legal term)
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As in LLC ?
Parents Incorporated ?
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Strict liability = guilt regardless of state of mind, or absence thereof. Inattentiveness becomes a basis of guilt, no less than intentional wrongdoing
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