healthy disrespect

English translation: we don't believe everything we hear and with good justification

04:45 Aug 14, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities
English term or phrase: healthy disrespect
�We have a healthy disrespect for history,� says Immelt.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 22:00
Selected answer:we don't believe everything we hear and with good justification
Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2009-08-14 04:49:19 GMT)
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means that despite all we are told we will form or own opinion

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-08-14 04:50:14 GMT)
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should read "our"
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David Hollywood
Local time: 11:00
Grading comment
thanks
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5 +8we don't believe everything we hear and with good justification
David Hollywood


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
we don't believe everything we hear and with good justification


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 4 mins (2009-08-14 04:49:19 GMT)
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means that despite all we are told we will form or own opinion

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-08-14 04:50:14 GMT)
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should read "our"

David Hollywood
Local time: 11:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andy Carr: Justified scepticism - "History is written by the victors" according to Winston Churchill.
8 mins

agree  Jack Doughty: I apply this to global warming.
1 hr

agree  kmtext
2 hrs

agree  orientalhorizon
3 hrs

agree  Suzan Hamer
4 hrs

agree  Judith Hehir: Bravo, Jack. Yes, or everything we read, for that matter.
10 hrs

agree  George C.
11 hrs

agree  Rolf Keiser
2 days 9 hrs
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