Splitting Hairs and Risking Lives On a School Bus
The Washington Times › February 25, 2005
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Summary
What is the difference between "should not" and "cannot"? If a father tells his teenage daughter that she "should not" smoke cigarettes and she later is caught smoking, can the daughter excuse her behavior by arguing that her father never said that she "cannot" smoke?
The implication here is that the daughter is given a choice to take her father's warning as advice, not as a directive.See the full content of this document
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Splitting Hairs and Risking Lives On a School Bus
Some folks might call this splitting hairs, but anyone who has raised a teenager knows that you can't rely on vague words when you are laying down the law.
"Cannot" is clear because it means "do not" - or else there will be consequences. Sti...See the full content of this document
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