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Old 23-Dec-2007, 11:39
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He lived a very wild life and ended up being killed by a couple of gangsters.



Does the bolded part mean "He lived a very foolish, unreasonable, or undisciplined life?" Thanks.
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Undisciplined? Most probably...
Unreasonable? Depends...
Foolish? No way!
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Undisciplined? Most probably...
Unreasonable? Depends...
Foolish? No way!

But he ended by being killed - does that not perhaps imply that he was foolish in some way?
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Default Re: He lived a very wild life

Logically, yes. But I was just expressing a personal attitude. Perhaps it should matter more how much you enjoy life while it lasts and not so much how you die. Anyway, everyone's free to make their own choices.
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