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He felt he had to resort to it.

You can be generally opposed to something, but accept it as the least bad option in a specific situation.




What proportion of meta discussion here, do you think, comes from people who felt that, just this time, they had to resort to it?

Also, what proportion of student cheating do you think is by students who are generally opposed to cheating, but feel they really had to do it just this one time?


In some cases, either could be necessary in order to improve a situation.




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