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The quote says that people who excuse their own wrongdoing may start to assume everyone else is just as morally careless. It suggests a way self-deception can distort how someone sees other people. The statement is a critique of rationalizing bad behavior.
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Originally said in English.
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About Douglas Coupland
Canadian visual artist and writer
Douglas Coupland is a Canadian visual artist and writer, known for his 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Trained first as a sculptor, he became widely known through fiction rather than through the visual arts. Generation X brought him international attention and helped popularize the terms Generation X and McJob. He later published many books, including novels, short story collections, and essay collections, and also wrote as a columnist and contributor for periodicals such as the New York Times, the Financial Times, The Guardian, and Wired.
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Books by Douglas Coupland
JPod
2006
Miss Wyoming Uk Edition
2000
The gum thief
2006
Hey Nostradamus!
2003
Shampoo planet
1992