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
      7·
      2 months 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
        2·
        2 months 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·
          2 months 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.