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Naivety is not an excuse to abdicate constitutional responsibility.
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"Maybe in this circumstance, I'll hold my hands up and say 'Naivety' but, at the end of the day, I haven't killed anybody."
BBC Blog Network 2009
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Naivety arises because we aren't that well informed about the insidious nature of the sex trade, the abuses that are connected to pornography, strip clubs, and other mainstream sex for sale media.
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.: Willful Ignorance: Penn State, Don't Ask - Don't Tell, and Others Ph.D. Susan Smalley 2011
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Naivety is often mixed with obsessive desire or hostility.
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Naivety (moha) is the confusion, either about cause and effect or about reality, that accompanies destructive behavior or thought.
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Naivety about cause and effect usually accompanies jealousy.
20 Dissolving Disturbing Emotions into Underlying Deep Awareness 2009
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Naivety (moha) is the confusion, either about cause and effect or about reality, that accompanies destructive behavior or thought.
20 Dissolving Disturbing Emotions into Underlying Deep Awareness 2009
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Naivety is not innocence, it is gross ignorance -- suicidal ignorance in this case. by
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Naivety about cause and effect usually accompanies jealousy.
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Naivety is often mixed with obsessive desire or hostility.
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