RE: Being a porn actor is considered a profession?
June 5, 2014 at 2:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2014 at 2:03 pm by BlackMason.)
(June 5, 2014 at 10:59 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:(June 3, 2014 at 1:40 pm)BlackMason Wrote: And so what? Occupation =/= Profession. Profession is not greater than occupation.
The only sense in which a profession is "greater" than an occupation is in how much training is required in the former. Otherwise, being a doctor does not make you better than being a self-made entrepreneur.
(June 3, 2014 at 1:59 pm)BlackMason Wrote: I'm not surprised. It's a common misconception. Kinda like how a lot of people think theory has the same meaning in science as it does in ordinary language.
While in general society occupation and profession are used interchangeably, they do have different meanings. A "profession" is a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification while an "occupation" is a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living. An occupation can sometimes be a profession, but a profession is always an occupation.
Yeah if you go back a few pages you'll see I said the same thing.
(June 5, 2014 at 8:10 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:(June 5, 2014 at 3:12 am)BlackMason Wrote: Wait are you proud of that?
It can't just be a statement of fact? I am Jewish by descent, but can neither speak nor understand Hebrew (I can sound out the words but usually have no idea what the fuck I'm reading). I'm not proud of any sort of ignorance on my part, but on the other hand, there's only so much time in a given day.
My question can't be born from natural curiosity?
8000 years before Jesus, the Egyptian god Horus said, "I am the way, the truth, the life."