[quote=scribz]
Word limits are great. They provide you the challenge of getting your points across with limited effort/time. Which is important in society considering that 2nd hand knowledge (i.e. anything that's an understanding rather than an experience), to be scalable in order to travel. Hence why politics is always snap-crackle-pop points. It's all made to allow easy travel.
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It took me far longer to slice apart my points and try to remove a bunch of important stuff without decimating the argument I was trying to make, than to actually write it. Writing it took a weekend; editing it down to hit that stupid limit took a week.

And that's actually one of the worst things about politics these days :<

[quote=Elendra]
Actually, a teacher putting a word or page limit is probably because they only have so much time they can or want to dedicate to their job out of being in class. If things went on too long, it will cut into the time they want to have set aside to do things like be with their family or masturbate. Or both.So really, I can understand it from that point alone.
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I wish people would read the whole thread rather than just the OP..