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·
    12 days 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·
      11 days 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·
        11 days 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.