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rationalization vs. justification

walkngplaygrnd by walkngplaygrnd · Jan 27, 2004 · 196 views · Journal

Somebody was trying to tell me they're the same thing, but they're SO not . . .

Isn't rationizing when you make excuses for taking a course of action, meaning its not based on fact?

And justification involves facts somehow, right?

At least that's what I think. Well, whatever . . . I must be bored, 'cause this is the second journal I typed in a row

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24 Comments

rocksupastar #1 rocksupastarFounder

yea they are wrong... tell them i said that.

yodasucka #1.1 yodasuckaOG 2003 offtopic

then tell them I said hi!

magnum #1.1.1 magnumOG 2001

then tell them the above is short

yodasucka #1.1.1.1 yodasuckaOG 2003

...tear...

magnum magnumOG 2001

you walked outside didnt you? i hate it when my ears tear due to the cold, although maybe i really am crying cause i hate my life

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Oh my!!! Does everyone's ears tear in half when they are cold?

yodasucka yodasuckaOG 2003

yes and my fingers hurt SO bad!

magnum magnumOG 2001

yeah unfortunately

yodasucka yodasuckaOG 2003

no i was crying cuz u are mean to me! what did i ever do to you?!?

magnum magnumOG 2001

no idea i was just stating facts or somethin

T
toxicgirlOG 2003

next time you should say, "i'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you."

magnum magnumOG 2001

but im not short so it doesnt work

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

psshs, that NEVER works!

T
toxicgirlOG 2003

how about this one, "I know you are, but what am I"

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder toxicgirl

hmm, i dont know, never heard that one before, WHERE do you get your jokes!?>!?!?!

T
toxicgirlOG 2003 rocksupastar

it's pee wee herman. c'mon don't you remember elementary school comebacks???

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003 toxicgirl

how can we forget with you reminding us all the time, lol? i loooveddd saying "UP YOURS" in grade school. among my favorite.

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder toxicgirl

oooh... maybe thats why, see i skipped elemetary school, moved straight to harvard... sooo i was making interdimentional quasaratic jokes by that time... must have missed it.

thefunkyfresh #2 thefunkyfreshFounder

if i rationalize something... i'm weighing the pros and cons of two things

if i justify something... i'm explaining why it was right for me to choose one over the other

don't know if i'm right... but this sounds good

socalgal #2.1 socalgalOG 2003

you can rationalize the justification

beachbum #3 beachbumOG 2002

according to the dictionary they are synonymous. they are similar in meaning just used in different contexts.


“Many shoppers still rationalize luxury purchases as investments”


"he considered misrule a justification for revolution" "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"-

ekulu #3.1 ekuluOG 2002

isnt to rationalize to try to convince something is one way when ur conscience knows its another way? and justification, trying to prove something is right

rocksupastar #3.2 rocksupastarFounder

nah, your wrong.... period

hunkpapap #4 hunkpapapOG 2003

ok here you go, emotion versus logic. We buy emotionally, we defend said purcase logically....

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