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Old Jun 16, 2011, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by lynn P. View Post
I ask this sincerely - if a despicable act is committed what are we supposed to call or describe it? If there's no obvious reason to explain the actions...like an abusive childhood etc, what do we think or say if there's no logical explanation for the act?
You describe what happened in any act. You describe the details. You tell what happened. Do you need to characterize it? Tell how you feel about it.

No logical explanation, or no explanation that you know of?
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