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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
(Not being argumentative) What was the context? I can't imagine it would make me retract my statement, but I could be wrong.
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Let me give you a non-Greek example to give you an idea of the context it was given and the implications made since you really had to watch both the show and the series play out to really get the whole picture.
Say you are in a college admissions interview. The interviewer lists off several well known successful people who have degrees from that college and implies that their success was based on that degree and you too could join those illustrious ranks. Only everyone the interviewer lists received an honorary doctorate. Those people are accomplished, but they received their degree because of their accomplishments. It doesn't mean they won't continue to achieve and maybe even achieve future great things within the auspices of the school/degree, but the interviewer is using the well known person to imply that the school had to do with the success and you can too just like them if you attend.