#Standard #Exceptions: 2018-06-26

• Finding a few rare or unusual cases in order to disprove a rule only works to prove that it is a reliable rule but not an absolute rule.
• To pretend that a few rare or unusual cases negate a rule is to claim that exceptions and variations are the standards that gave birth to them.
• To pretend that a few rare or unusual cases negate a rule is to claim that exceptions and variations can replace the standards from which they were born.
• To pretend that a few rare or unusual cases constitute a rule is to claim that exceptions and variations are better standards than the standards they vary from.

• To pretend that a few rare or unusual cases constitute a rule is to hypocritically claim that exceptions and variations are real standards while simultaneously denying the existence of real standards or rules.