On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 19:02:20 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
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?
Put another way: You have the absolute right to be as offensive as you want to be. Other people have the absolute right to call you out for your bullshit. But the world might just be a little better if we defaulted to kindness instead of trying to 'pwn' whomever we want to offend just for shits and giggles. -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits