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-{{a|plainenglish|{{image|discretion and compulsion|jpeg|''The Unbearbable Tension Between Compulsion And Choice'' {{vsr|1906}}}}}}{{d|May||n., modal v}}
+{{a|plainenglish|{{image|discretion and compulsion|jpeg|''The Unbearbable Tension Between Compulsion And Choice'' {{vsr|1906}}}}}}{{d|May|/meɪ/|n., modal v}}
 #(''n.'') A month which promises much but so often disappoints.
 # (''n.'') A prime minister who did likewise.
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 Because it is so ''[[in your face]]''. First, it uses that equivocal staple of fusty compulsion, “[[shall]]” — but, however redundant the construction might otherwise be, it involves no compulsion.
-Second, then it talks, gratuitously, in terms of ''entitlement''. It acts “all entitled”. Now perhaps this is just me, but this has the air about it not of the gentle citizen pottering about her own plot of land, equably and quietly enjoying her rights in a way [[calculated]] to offend no-one. Rather it is the wilfully aggravating disposition of bloody-minded troll, marching up and down her boundary, broadcasting Billy Ray Cyrus LPs to the neighborhood and brazenly waving a Confederate flag where she knows her unionist neighbour can not help but see it.
+Second, then it talks, gratuitously, in terms of ''entitlement''. It acts “all entitled”. Now perhaps this is just me, but this has the air about it not of the gentle citizen pottering about her own plot of land, equably and quietly enjoying her rights in a way [[calculated]] to offend no-one. Rather it is the wilfully aggravating disposition of bloody-minded troll, marching up and down her boundary, wantonly provoking passers-by with a loudhailer.
+For an essay on the modern fear being conferred a choice, see [[discretion]].
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