Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei: Olympic athlete dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend
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Marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, was doused in petrol after returning home from church.
  • norimee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    4 months ago

    It’s the Exception that proves the rule, is it not?

    I wish the majority or at least a lot of people were like Mr. Rogers, but truth is, he was exceptional.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      4 months ago

      Can someone explain where the notion of an exception proving the rule came from? This has never made the slightest bit of sense to me, lol.

      • lobut@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        I remember wrestling with that for years. I dunno, my last interpretation of it was the fact that if it was rare and considered an exception then the rule has a point?

        I dunno. I’m more than likely wrong but that’s as far as I could go with it.