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 | | Just as Barbara ignored her father's pleas that she live a safe (and ultimately mediocre life), we should refuse to settle for anything less than what we are meant to be. |
 | | (Barbara's father is, of course, Commissioner Gordon.) We can be encouraged, challenged, strengthened, by the example of an "exemplar," but their role is to help us find our own path, and not to serve as a moral example for us to emulate. |
 | | Barbara Gordon cannot function as a champion of Good over Evil if those she is fighting against are, by ardently pursuing a non-conformist lifestyle, in fact pursuing the same Moral Perfectionism that she is. |
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