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If good/bad BALANCE OUT in the end what do you have? Nothing, right? Doesn't "balance out" mean "cancel out"?

Posted - June 28, 2019
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  • 6023
    Does "balance out" = "cancel out"?
    Not necessarily.

    IMO, "cancel out" means you wind up with zero.  While "balance out"means both sides are equal.
      June 28, 2019 9:54 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply Walt and Happy Saturday. I shall ask this question again in  different way.
      June 29, 2019 3:00 AM MDT
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  • 10753
    Balance out does not equal cancel out. 

    If one were to put a pound of gold on one side of a scale and a pound of lead on the other, the scales will balance (equal weight on both sides).  If they canceled eachother out, both the gold and the lead would simply cease to exist.

    Good and bad can never balance, nor can they ever "cancel" eachother out.  It doesn't work that way. 
      June 28, 2019 1:17 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply Shuhak. I'm going to re-ask this question in a different way.
      June 29, 2019 3:01 AM MDT
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