MAES 29: Hypocrite

[renaiya880727]

AN:  I think it is one of the greatest problems of conscientious parents that when they dictate to their children, they must be aware of their own hypocrisy; what parent has not made their own willful mistakes? I thought it slightly unfair of Jack to reproach himself for this in Ionian Mission, for it was not his fault he was so ill-educated.  As I

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[eglantine_br]

Stephen is a good friend, isn't he? And I like Jack saying that a sailor must always know where he is going.

[alltoseek]

Jack doesn't strike me as a hypocrite here in any case - he thinks it is a great shame that he himself does not know these things.

I should go look up Pyrrhus myself; I know what a Pyrrhic victory is, but not why it is called so :-)