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In Reply to: RE: The prototypes that won a Golden Ear. posted by jamesgarvin on May 22, 2008 at 10:29:00
“Sort of like thinking ‘Hey, sure they stole from me, but it was only a dollar. Big deal.”’
The late Daniel Patrick Moynihan called it “defining deviancy down.” An instructive example from today’s if-it-feels-good-do-it society: “Our son has gotten his girlfriend pregnant and refuses to marry her. But it’s okay because he’s agreed to support the child.”
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