Things never to confuse:

* kindness - weakness
* stupidity - mallice
* lust - love
* learning oppertunity - failure

@freemo depending on the disposition of people, these pairs aren't necessarily a given. E.g. something may be stupid, but only if observed in a limited frame. Sometimes, if the lead up to it is included, it could be different, and e.g. easily avoided if properly acted upon.

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What is something that is stupid from one point of view but malicious from the other and both are correct?

@freemo ah, I didn't mean necessarily from within the same pair, but I'll try: if a prior action is not considered.

Let's say, one investigates a bug and finds a piece of code. If one considers only "X finds code", then you can judge: either "just happened to find <code>" or "he went looking". However, if you consider the larger picture, a bug led X there. Not really stupid or malice, but just obvious consequence of. One could still argue stupid or malice but always with significant influence.

@freemo hope I'm explaining it well; was hitting the character limit. I know there is a nicer word to replace "influence" but I can't seem to recall.

@freemo actually, I don't like this explanation. It doesn't quite express what I have in mind.
My point is supposed to be concerning how perspective changes interpretation.

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