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by joslin01 3727 days ago
I should have said "you're acting like a clown." But I like the idea of having you realize that making a statement such as "enslaved" in regards to a secretary merely doing the job assigned to her (and is free to quit doing so at any time) is silly. To expound upon that Knuth is arrogant is even funnier. These two individuals are engaged in innocent, free-willed jobs and you come in like the moral chief of police saying the secretary is enslaved and that Knuth is arrogant. This is why I say "get over yourself" and do still mean it.

Regardless, I appreciate your response.

> In my point of view, the main problem is that there are very deep social problems within our setting and most people doesn't even want to see it

Sure, but a secretary doing her job is not one of them.

> They seem to prefer staying in their comfort zones, doing what they do so far as they have learned growing up while going along the flow.

> I think it's much better for people to express what they actually think than to censor them behind big man's words or else communication becomes impossible.

Both true statements. You might have good intentions, but I would think twice before calling something like Knuth arrogant and ask yourself, who's the arrogant one? Who's the one dictating how people should live? Is it Knuth, who is merely living in a way who thinks it'll best optimize his educational findings or is it you, who is judging the situation as if you know what they both want and what's good for them?