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just my thoughts on the OP.
You are talking a lot about logic, and while you could very well be an expert in Australian law, you seem to have overlooked a few things in your post. I just listed some below that I noticed.
Appeal to misleading authority - you are a 2nd year undergrad in Australia commenting on contracts and law in a foreign country that you are not familiar with. Within this fallacy you also use an appeal to accomplishment by trying to set yourself apart from others who might try and rebuttal with similar credentials.
Correlation does not equal causation - lawyers who go to top schools are smart (insert all the self praising in OP too long to list here) you went to one of said schools. Therefor you have qualities listed.
Circular reasoning - assuming that people will "get better" at throwing matches is used as evidence to support your conclusion.
also most of your posts are full of mind projection fallacy. which goes back to your appeal to authority attempt at the start of the OP. I have no doubt in Australia you would do fine, but outside of Australia, you aren't an "expert" anymore. You seem to think that the way you look at the law and reasoning is how it is done/should be done everywhere, but that is simply not the case.
There could be a few formal ones as well but I didn't bother to really break down the long OP that much due to (insert # of midterms due soon that prevents me from defending myself further).
Just some of the things that made me chuckle when I heard you talking about logic and reasoning.
P.S. I am a philosophy major, and whether I go to Duke or a "tier 4" school doesn't change the facts at all. I probably don't know the Law as well as you, but Logic and Reasoning are my Forte. Notice how I don't comment on any of the law aspects of the issue at hand because I am not an expert. ^^
P.S.S. A couple more pages in this blog and TL might actually replace Reductio ad Hitlerum with Reductio ad Retfanum. lol
Oh and btw, don't think for a second to immediately place yourself above anyone here. While you may very well be smarter then some, you are not the smartest by any stretch of the imagination. As you so obviously pointed out in your defense of your poor grammar, it is an online forum which is not under review for any real purpose. So the laziness that you felt to show can be said for many people online. Why you think to apply that defense to yourself and not to others is a curious question.
Simply put, don't judge others for not being perfect on this forum when you yourself choose not to be.
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Ganfei, I can tell you're mad. Try and calm down son - by the way, what is a Grandman? Why are you picking on my typos anyway?
Nevuk, I should be studying for exams. Refuting the idiots who are trying to criticise me is fairly entertaining and helps relieve stress
Blah_blah, you are completely obsessed with stalking me. If there was an option to block on TL.net, you would be the only one on the list. Would it help your fragile ego if I said "science is superior, requires brains and law does not'? Would that be enough to get you to go away? LOL.
Further, since you're unfamiliar with the Australian educational system (which means you probably shouldn't be posting), most undergraduates here do a combined degree. So no, I'm not second year, I'm in my 5th year.
Talleyhoo, I hope for your sake you aren't a basement nerd pretending to be a patent lawyer because that would truly be sad.
- Firstly, I've never said I've only had two years of college under my belt.
- Secondly, Contrary to what you believe, prima facie was in fact used correctly and using the term meant I could save two words.
- Thirdly, you misuse the word counsel - Freehills is a firm of solicitors and not barristers
- Fourthly, why would someone be your colleague in Freehills if you are patent attorney in the United States? You misuse the word colleague. LOL
- Lastly, the fact that you obviously pay no attention to detail, invent things up that I've never said, invent the fact that "I berate a poster for using unnecessary legalese" and impliedly misunderstand what nominalisation means, not understand what counsel means, shows that you are probably not a lawyer at all. In fact, that's why its so silly for people to pretend to be someone they're not online, once they're shit has been taken apart, its quite humiliating.
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SCPlato,
I'm not trying to make you mad. If you want to mature as a person, you need to sincerely understand what I am about to say.
If you go to wikipedia and search the word 'fallacy', you will come across a huge number of different types.
Essentially, you could use any of those fallacies to describe the technique used by any author in writing an argumentative essay effectively. Logic is based upon working with imperfect knowledge. Therefore there will always be some degree of the above fallacies you listed. Please read this paragraph with a cool head and you'll realise it's true.
I know I am not and I will never be capable of being more intelligent than a certain number of my peers. People are not born equal. But, statistics would show that based on my achievements I'm likely to be smarter than most of the people on this forum. This assumption would especially hold light because of the target audience of the site, which consists mostly of young adolescent gamers.
I do attribute my grammatical mistakes to laziness and it's not really an excuse if I want to make an impression on the audience. The truth is that I don't really want or need to make an impression. In real life, I would never brag about my accomplishments. The truth is this is TL.net, I am just being really really honest - which unfortunately society does not allow for because of the unspoken rules of modesty that apply and punish people for speaking whats on their mind.
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But, statistics would show that based on my achievements
What achievements?
"Worked with elite people"
"Accumulated student debt"
"Can write long posts about nothing"
"Mastery of BBCode"
"Did good in high school"
"Observed fantastic lawyering, is pretty sure he'd be good at that too"
Don't be modest -- I think we're way past that point.
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How about doing well in University?
What about getting selected to clerk at the top tier law firms in the country?
What about having an incredibly high chance of getting recruited by a large national/international law firm upon graduating?
Academic performance may not be the only indicator of intelligence but sure as hell is the only measure that is accepted by all developed and undeveloped countries.
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On November 17 2011 18:14 RetFan wrote:
SCPlato,
I'm not trying to make you mad. If you want to mature as a person, you need to sincerely understand what I am about to say.
If you go to wikipedia and search the word 'fallacy', you will come across a huge number of different types.
Essentially, you could use any of those fallacies to describe the technique used by any author in writing an argumentative essay effectively. Logic is based upon working with imperfect knowledge. Therefore there will always be some degree of the above fallacies you listed. Please read this paragraph with a cool head and you'll realise it's true.
I know I am not and I will never be capable of being more intelligent than a certain number of my peers. People are not born equal. But, statistics would show that based on my achievements I'm likely to be smarter than most of the people on this forum. This assumption would especially hold light because of the target audience of the site, which consists mostly of young adolescent gamers.
I do attribute my grammatical mistakes to laziness and it's not really an excuse if I want to make an impression on the audience. The truth is that I don't really want or need to make an impression. In real life, I would never brag about my accomplishments. The truth is this is TL.net, I am just being really really honest - which unfortunately society does not allow for because of the unspoken rules of modesty that apply and punish people for speaking whats on their mind.
no you really don't understand how they honestly work if you are lecturing me about how they are intermittent in everything people say when arguing. That is a given when discussing anything outside of pure truth or logic in and of itself. However, I want you to mature as a person, and really understand what you are doing, when I say this. so try and read this with a level head (you see how i make a bunch of assumptions about you as a person and how you will react to this without knowing, oh wait that was you who did that. It is very interesting and amusing how you went from an expert on australian law, to an expert Esports and on korean law and contracts, to an expert on me. They must be teaching you all kinds of things down there in Australian Top law school...)
Yes they happen in arguments, but any argument is weakened by the presence of such blatant and poor logical errors. This is always the case in academia, and since that is where you are basing your argument and experience from I assumed you would understand that. You are not addressing any of the problems with your OP, and instead try to brush it off by saying "everyone does it." At the very least, you could have attempted to defend the appealing to a misleading authority fallacy. This is not one that "happens all the time." When you, or anyone else does this, it is flat out wrong. So can you defend your use of this? What makes your opinion, which you attempted to pass of as expertise, really that of an expert when dealing with an incident inside of Esports, in a different country with different laws and vastly different culture formalities then your own?
You are trying to have both sides of the argument. On one side you are lazy in how you present yourself. Egotistical and rude when presenting yourself and your "credentials" to others (which being in your second year of law school however it works in australia is not an accomplishment, its like saying you have run the first 2 miles of a marathon and expect us to think you are a marathon runner.) On the other hand you expect your word to be taken as that of an expert. You can't have it both ways online when the only way you are truly critiqued is through your writing.
Also, everything you say about real life and bragging is flat out suspect. People with as much Narcissism as you have shown constantly through all of your posts have no ability to restrain themselves elsewhere.
And making an impression, is exactly what you need to do in order for you to be taken seriously and for what you say to carry merit online (especially in the website full of "adolescent gamers". You act as if you don't care and attempt to pass yourself off very nonchalant, but everything you have written goes to the contrary.
You are clearly pretty young. So can I assume you are no older then 21 give or take a year?
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On November 17 2011 19:05 RetFan wrote:
How about doing well in University?
What about getting selected to clerk at the top tier law firms in the country?
What about having an incredibly high chance of getting recruited by a large national/international law firm upon graduating?
Academic performance may not be the only indicator of intelligence but sure as hell is the only measure that is accepted by all developed and undeveloped countries.
until you have actually achieved something, you can't list it as an accomplishment.
so all these law firms that you might get a job at are not achievements. They are your hopes and desires to get. performance half way through something shows a little bit, but doesn't mean shit in the end. Actually graduating in the top percentile does. You have a long way to go before then so why you keep talking about what might be instead of what actually is now baffles me.
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On November 17 2011 18:02 RetFan wrote:
Blah_blah, you are completely obsessed with stalking me. If there was an option to block on TL.net, you would be the only one on the list. Would it help your fragile ego if I said "science is superior, requires brains and law does not'? Would that be enough to get you to go away? LOL.
I feel like I'm just prematurely ending my fun but you can actually block people from your own blog.
The truth is that I don't really want or need to make an impression. In real life, I would never brag about my accomplishments. The truth is this is TL.net, I am just being really really honest - which unfortunately society does not allow for because of the unspoken rules of modesty that apply and punish people for speaking whats on their mind.
You just don't get it. You're not being honest, you're being conceited. There's no need to go into how well you do in your studies, nor work-experience, nor how good the university is. A normal person would have approached it by saying, as background I study law at university. That's it. Because you don't have any other specialisation to speak of. You're not being honest by going into exhaustive detail about how well you do or that you do better than most of the people in your classes. And by saying so, it doesn't make us unquestioningly accept your badly written arguments. Which is what you're after. To say, Oh well I'd never do this in real life, but this is the internet, isn't a defence either. Most people don't talk about how much money they make or how big their dick is because if they did so, everyone would think they were a jerk. Being online doesn't make you sound like less of a jerk when you do it.
Because you're doing a tough degree and doing well at it might make you smarter than most people here in aus, but doesn't necessarily make you all that smarter than the population of tl, which is made up of plenty of students and graduates as well as adolescents. The adolescents are also not likely stupid either.
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I agree with subversive, and since I feel like OP will refuse to respond to the basic flaws in his reasoning, and well any of the issues everyone has brought up since, I think ill just end with this.
OP, congrats on being in Law school. finish and get a job before you call yourself a lawyer. You are clearly young and narcissistic, which is probably from your enthusiasm about school and getting an internship or clerkship or w.e you call it. That is ok, but it is in very poor taste. I truly hope for your sake that you outgrow this very bad character trait. Everyone is prideful about themselves to a degree, but you have it oozing from your pores like alcohol at an AA meeting. You will only encounter resistance and anger in life as you go through it with this attitude. Hopefully you learned that fact from this blog, where people hate you mostly for your pride in yourself, more then your issues with the ESV weekly scandal.
ps. Lawyers specialize for a reason. So don't try and pass on expertise in areas you don't understand fully like Korean Law and contracts. stick to what you will know, aussie law, and I am sure you could be a lawyer some day.
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Man I never really had a negative opinion about lawyers until I read the first 2 pages of this blog. I still don't have a negative opinion of lawyers though.. I just think you're a douchebag.
Also out of curiousity who out of those other 3 people would you cut for the lawyer on your desert island? :p
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One of the most entertaining blogs I have ever read.
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On November 17 2011 18:02 RetFan wrote:
Ganfei, I can tell you're mad. Try and calm down son - by the way, what is a Grandman? Why are you picking on my typos anyway?
Judging your high horse behaviour and sheer arrogance that you display when you mention your education, I can not help but be very disappointed that you're unable to correctly write in English, which as far as I remember is the national and primary language of Australia. I would ask your school for a refund, as you obviously don't earn acces to their facilities. (Note: I am not a native English speaker yet generally I try to avoid mistakes in my posts and have about a 85% successrate. I mean, we're bragging now anyways so that can fit in there aswell.)
On November 17 2011 18:02 RetFan wrote:
Nevuk, I should be studying for exams. Refuting the idiots who are trying to criticise me is fairly entertaining and helps relieve stress
So you agree that you are offensive and rude, aswell as short-sighted and egocentric to use it as a method of relief for you to "deal" with the stress of a course, which obviously has never introduced you to the very basics. See above point.
On November 17 2011 18:02 RetFan wrote:
Blah_blah, you are completely obsessed with stalking me. If there was an option to block on TL.net, you would be the only one on the list. Would it help your fragile ego if I said "science is superior, requires brains and law does not'? Would that be enough to get you to go away? LOL.
Further, since you're unfamiliar with the Australian educational system (which means you probably shouldn't be posting), most undergraduates here do a combined degree. So no, I'm not second year, I'm in my 5th year.
Talleyhoo, I hope for your sake you aren't a basement nerd pretending to be a patent lawyer because that would truly be sad.
Again it is obvious that you're nothing more than a pesky, annoying troll that loves to harrass people and offend them.
I would suggest that you carefully read this rule, and think thoroughly about what you are doing now. The constant defamation and aggressive behaviour because of your own failure, is quite close to breaking the second rule on the TeamLiquid forum etiquette, namely "THOU SHALL OBSERVE FORUM ETIQUETTE". This explicitely states the following, but is not limited to :
Common sense, people, common sense. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (And if you happen to be into masochism, then you're at the wrong site, anyway.)
This doesn't mean you can't get verbally medieval on someone's ass every once in a while. We don't run the place like a monastery. But, flames are generally discouraged and we expect people to have a damn good reason for resorting to harsh language in the forums. This means gratuitous swearing is a no-no. Generic trolling will get you banned. If you must flame, be smart or creative about it, and make sure the flame was warranted to begin with. Generally, you'll never go wrong by being nice, polite and mature. All just common sense, people.
Please keep in mind that the bold parts are very close to the edge upon which you walk. Also, see the tenth commandment which reads:
10. THOU SHALL HAVE FUN
It's a fun site with fun people. Have fun with it. Enjoy it. Make others happy. Be happy. Avoid being negative. We don't expect you to be Pollyanna, but users who are consistently negative will draw the ire of their peers and site staff alike. No one likes people who have nothing but bad things to say all the time. Heed the admonition of Oscar Wilde: some people bring happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go.
At the moment you've signed up for this website, in order to post and react to given content herein, you've agreed upon following the rules and regulations which are in effect on TeamLiquid.com and all the appropriate sub-branches that they may offer under the banner of this website. This means that at the moment that you are here, on these forums, you are just as much a guest as myself, or any other random Liquidian that you may stumble upon. If you do not agree with these rules, or choose not to obey them then legally the only viable method or approach you can take, is to request a removal of your account and personal information, and never return again. If you choose not to obey the rules, then time will tell when you've crossed them and will be disciplined if that may ever be needed.
In order to make you aware of it, please read this topic thoroughly : http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=17883
Oh and a last one:
- Fourthly, why would someone be your colleague in Freehills if you are patent attorney in the United States? You misuse the word colleague. LOL
The word is used correctly, as there is not one ambiguous definition for the word colleague. In fact, across the world there is a general trend (which of course differs per region) that fellow practitioners of the same professions are regarded to as colleagues. I've opened up Google for example, and took a few random examples to show that definitions aren't set in stone for the word itself. You will notice that all of the sources imply, or state the possibility of external people outside an organisation, being able to be labeled as a colleague.
Primarily to quote Wikipedia:
"Collegiality is the relationship between colleagues.
Colleagues are those explicitly united in a common purpose and respecting each other's abilities to work toward that purpose. A colleague is an associate in a profession or in a civil or ecclesiastical office.
Thus, the word collegiality can connote respect for another's commitment to the common purpose and ability to work toward it. In a narrower sense, members of the faculty of a university or college are each other's colleagues; very often the word is taken to mean that. Sometimes colleague is taken to mean a fellow member of the same profession. The word college is sometimes used in a broad sense to mean a group of colleagues united in a common purpose, and used in proper names, such as Electoral College, College of Cardinals, College of Pontiffs."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleague
Other sources:
1. MacMillian Dictionary
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/colleague
+ Show Spoiler +someone who works in the same organization or department as you
*Synonyms or related words for this sense of colleague*
Colleagues: colleague, counterpart, associate, co-worker, someone’s opposite number, predecessor, successor, superior, subordinate... more
a.
someone in your organization who has the same status or level of responsibility as you
*Synonyms or related words for this sense of colleague*
Colleagues: colleague, counterpart, associate, co-worker, someone’s opposite number, predecessor, successor, superior, subordinate... more
b.
someone from a different organization or department who you work or deal with
*Synonyms or related words for this sense of colleague*
Colleagues: colleague, counterpart, associate, co-worker, someone’s opposite number, predecessor, successor, superior, subordinate... more
c.
someone who does the same job as you in a different organization, department, or place
*Synonyms or related words for this sense of colleague*
Colleagues: colleague, counterpart, associate, co-worker, someone’s opposite number, predecessor, successor, superior, subordinate... more
2. Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/colleague
+ Show Spoiler +(kŏl'ēg')
n.
A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate. See synonyms at partner.
3. The Free Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/colleague
+ Show Spoiler +col·league (klg)
n.
A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate. See Synonyms at partner.
[French collègue, from Latin collga : com-, com- + lgre, to depute; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
colleague·ship n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
colleague [ˈkɒliːg]
n
a fellow worker or member of a staff, department, profession, etc.
[from French collègue, from Latin collēga one selected at the same time as another, from com- together + lēgāre to choose]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
4. WordwebOnline
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/COLLEAGUE
+ Show Spoiler +
Noun: colleague kó-leeg
An associate that one works with
- co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow
A person who is member of one's class or profession
"the surgeon consulted his colleagues";
- confrère, fellow
Derived forms: colleagues
Type of: associate
Encyclopedia: Colleague
5. Wordreference.com
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/colleague
+ Show Spoiler +
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
colleague/ˈkɒliːɡ/
▶noun
a person with whom one works in a profession or business.
– origin C16: from Fr. collègue, from L. collega ‘partner in office’.
'colleague' also found in these entries:
college - collogue - comrade - fellow - oppo - workmate
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You know, I am starting to suspect that this is an elaborate troll.
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SCPlato:
I'm not addressing the points you've raised because it would be a waste of my time.
With a level head, I can say that I feel like you are incapable or unwilling to understand anything I've written. The OP was long because it covered all of the points you are criticizing.
I've made conclusions based on certain assumptions; I've given the reason for why I made those assumptions and based my reasoning behind those assumptions. This form of argument is similar to what you will find in any economics course. the underlying reason being again, people including economists have to work with imperfect information. Certain simplifications are always made in economic modelling but they need to be explained. In my OP, it was long because the possible scenarios were explained.
It is very interesting and amusing how you went from an expert on australian law, to an expert Esports and on korean law and contracts, to an expert on me
I'm not an expert on you. I never claimed to be. The only thing I can do is base my responses to you on my perception of your intelligence. The only indicator of your intelligence that I have is through what you post.
I never claimed to be an expert on Esports, or Korean law, nor have I said I am an expert on you. Could this be a red herring argument? An fallacy of sweeping generalisation? A strawman argument? You see what I did there?
As I've said (which you've not cared to read), I'm not in the second year of law school. Nor does that even matter. While there are differences between legal systems, my analogy was never based on the Korean system and I made this clear. It was also the reason why I could not make a definite conclusion on the legal implications and I invited people to give me a clearer idea of what the legalities are in Korea.
In my opinion, you are not educated enough to really hold a decent conversation with and I will refrain from responding in the future unless I'm really bored. Your sentences are long and lack structure. Overall, it sounds like you're mad at me for listing my credentials. A lot of the answers you are looking for (or not looking for) are in what I wrote. You just need to pay attention to detail.
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Aelonius,
I have great respect towards Chinese people. I believe the top English students in China are able to easily surpass native English speakers in the UK, USA or Australia on tests on grammar. But unfortunately in regards to English , that's where it stops.
If we apply the rules of TL strictly, every poster who is coming here not to discuss the topic but to attack my credentials should be banned from TL
Secondly, with regard to the word colleague, you can interpret it strictly or colloquially. In China, I know students take great pride in being able to show off a wide vocabulary. However, having not been brought up in a native background, it is difficult to use words in the correct context. The word colleague would not colloquially be used to describe someone working in the same profession. Otherwise, every lawyer in the world or who I've worked with would be my colleague. This is clearly not true. Similarly, if we were to take a formal definition, we've been taught to rely on the OED.
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I'd just like to take a moment to thank everyone for reading my first blog.
This thread isn't really going anywhere so I'm not going to post any further. Thanks for the responses - positive or negative. I understand that some people are upset that I decided to list my credentials. I will refrain from doing so in the future.
Once I get some time, I hope to contribute to TL.net by making a constructive article on my view of the Foreigner v Korean situation and the training regime. I found the article by Tree.hugger "October Revolution" to be extremely detailed but I would like to give an alternative insight.
I finish my final exam next Friday. Once done, I will try and find some time to draft a proper article - which may take days to write if I choose to comprehensively cover everything. I hope everyone who is still interested in reading what I write continue to do so. Everyone who takes offence at my credentials can feel free to no longer pay any attention.
Thanks again!
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For the sake of humanity, I want to believe the OP is just trolling. Can you honestly imagine someone like this ending up getting a serious job in the legal system and deciding the fate of someone's life?
Then again, I guess this would explain stuff like that guy getting a lifetime jail sentence for having child porn pics on his PC, or all the ridiculous 'anti-piracy' lawsuits we're seeing. Oh well, at least he's smarter than the rest of us peons here!
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If we apply the rules of TL strictly, every poster who is coming here not to discuss the topic but to attack my credentials should be banned from TL
Lol you're lucky this piece of crap was allowed to remain open. Unfortunately you spent 30% of your OP on your 'credentials' so sadly, many saw it as part of the topic. You've almost had your account for a year though, so I guess your views on moderation should be heeded. And, afterall, you are a lawyer (law student).
Everyone who takes offence at my credentials can feel free to no longer pay any attention.
You had it right the first time, we're annoyed you bragged, not that you have the credentials.
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On November 17 2011 20:42 RetFan wrote:
Aelonius,
I have great respect towards Chinese people. I believe the top English students in China are able to easily surpass native English speakers in the UK, USA or Australia on tests on grammar. But unfortunately in regards to English , that's where it stops.
If we apply the rules of TL strictly, every poster who is coming here not to discuss the topic but to attack my credentials should be banned from TL
Secondly, with regard to the word colleague, you can interpret it strictly or colloquially. In China, I know students take great pride in being able to show off a wide vocabulary. However, having not been brought up in a native background, it is difficult to use words in the correct context. The word colleague would not colloquially be used to describe someone working in the same profession. Otherwise, every lawyer in the world or who I've worked with would be my colleague. This is clearly not true. Similarly, if we were to take a formal definition, we've been taught to rely on the OED.
I am currently living in China, but I am originally from the Netherlands.
However since I am in China for half a year, I changed my location. FYI.
I disagree with your point about "colleague" due to the fact that the definition made by one, is always subjective to interpretation. In the Netherlands it is quite common to refer to employees in the same field of work, but from another company, as colleagues. This is what I intended to say. You've got to look beyond the written definitions and also look into the situation, cultural aspects, circumstances and so forth. As a law student, you of all people should be aware of this. Law is never one rule, always a matter of interpretation. This is not only by definition, but also because the person carrying the verdict is a human being. Ergo he/she has a personal frame of reference which he/she will subconsciously apply to the final verdict.
The issue with my post however, is not specifically the content. I was attempting to show you how it feels when someone tries to look like they know better and degrade others. Of course, I could've made my point harsher but that would defeat the purpose of said point. You've been generally offensive towards others, and this is very frustrating. I can imagine that the reactions on your blogpost aren't as rosey as you'd like them to be, but if you're a smart guy you can read the original post and deduct why this is happening.
You've been talking people down by generalizing and comparing different educational systems. As an example, I may have taken the long route for my bachelor degree, on the other hand I possess three degrees soon because I took the long route. Does this in any way make me inferior to you? I would think not. You may have the advantage to have been accepted into the current program, but from what I understand you went there straight from highschool.
I have to admit, myself I used to be lazy so I had to take the longer, more consuming route to get where I am now. If I did not go this route, but instead put more effort into my studies when I was 12-16, I would've been studying for my Masters degree now. This is a decision I made out of pure selfishness in the past, and sometimes I regret it a slight bit for going the easy route. However that does not mean that I, or anyone in a similar position, is inferior to someone who has managed to get into a law school, in another educational system.
To summarize:
You've posted a piece of your mind which was missing various key pieces. In the attempt to make a decent post, you gave in to arrogance and this was picked up hard by the community. You then continue to offend the community and call them out in a rude way for the mistakes you made in the very beginning: Posting an incomplete, obnoxious piece of work.
Again this is perception (edit: and perspecitve) but for me, this would definatly fit into the ten commandments. Especially when it will go overboard. It hasn't yet. Do not let it happen. You will find no quarrel with me, because I do not dislike the person that you are. What I am pressuring you about is your attitude. Change it and your future as a lawyer will be better even more.
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