* Jim Henderson <hendersj@gmail.com> [12-02-20 14:04]:
On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:40:45 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
in fewer/other words, no one can achieve socially acceptable behavour. someone will *always* be offended and/or object.
The point is to learn from when offense is given (and to learn when offense isn't intended, just as much).
If you say something and someone tells you "that's offensive to me because ...." - the civil thing to do (and I would say 'correct') is to say "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause offense - this is what I meant" and then learn from it and don't do it again.
What's so hard about being considerate of other people? What's so hard about being kind?
there is nothing wrong with being kind until everything else leave and "being kind" is all that is left. so far "GIMP" and "Discord" have been mentioned as not being socially suitable (to some people). we can no long address anything about these packages or even provide them for download since their mere presence is deemed unsuitable by some people. direction and intent should be necessary for deeming something socially unacceptable, not using the words. you must not wear your feelings on your shirt sleeves but accept that in most usage the speaker is not intending to HARM YOUR FEELINGS. get over it, you choose what offends you, not i/me/us/we/... and we do not necessarily feel the same. PERCEPTION IS *NOT* REALITY! -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode