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Old 12-22-2008, 10:08 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by ute4ever View Post
Entitled to what?

Isn't entitlement merely a promise, in that particular sense? Where only if they they earn their reward and endure to the end, they will finally receive it?

Methinks some people believe they have won the lottery when all they have really achieved is the right to play the lottery.
I believe he is simply using entitlement as a euphemism for arrogance.
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