I'm The Duke University Freshman Porn Star And For The First Time I'm Telling The Story In My Words

[Sarah Ibarruri]

246. You're right. Exceptions prove the rule, however. Let me give you an example using cancer

There are people who suffer lung cancer for many years, and who are never treated because it is not diagnosed, and the individuals died of an old age from a different issue. These exceptions were found to be the case when doing a study of cadavers. These are exceptions, however. The majority of lung cancer does affect the body so adversely that it ends up diagnosed, treated, and often has a very bad end.

So while, yes, there are exceptions in absolutely everything, the exceptions does not negate that there tends to be a rule.

Republicans are in love with using exceptions (statistical anomalies, as you correctly call them) to support their points. For example, Republicans might provide the case of 1 homeless person who was able to get out of homelessness and succeed in life as the reason why the homelessness can make it and if they don't, it's because they're lazy, and not because they suffer from myriad problems.

I have never been a fan of exceptions, because they are so often used to deceive.

I agree it would be interesting to see what she is doing in 30 years. A friend of my first husband had a friend who became a "call girl" (high class prostitute) and made excellent money. This was 25 or so years ago. My first hubby recently told me that this woman suffered a huge downfall and is now suffering from chronic depression and bipolar disorder, and is on disability. Again, this is only one case but I find it interesting because my first hubby and his friends had found it so clever back then that she had chosen to sell her body to advance her acquisitive power. Whether her choice caused her depression, or vice versa - whether she went into it to begin with because she already had emotional issues, that I don't know.