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Originally posted by LDUB
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Originally posted by Rich Ives
All-star Joey wants to be a firefighter and all-star Billy wants to be a computer game designer. Is one or both of them wrong, and lesser people, for having a goal other than what you think it should be?
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Does Billy say that he wants to be bad at what he does and have other people laugh at him when they see his work?
LL umpires are bad, and many laugh at them when they are on TV.
I would assume Billy would try to be the best computer game designer he can be. LL umpires choose to remain bad, even though they have the opportunity to move up and improve their skills.
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No, Billy doesn't want to be bad. And he will strive to be the best computer game designer he can be. But he doesn't have to work for EA Games to achieve that.
You conveniently skipped over the point, which I also illustrated with managers and league presidents.
You cannot rationally equate a choice to not move up the ladder with "badness". You cannot say logically that a manager is bad because he doesn't want to be the HS coach. You cannot logically say the league pres is bad because he doesn't want to be the HS AD or the LL DA. And you cannot logically say an umpire is bad because he doesn't want to be HS umpire.