I should have said, this is going to be really simple but you are still not likely to understand it...but that would be a bit mean.
That's never stopped you before!
Yeah, and look what a s**tstorm that caused...being honest didn't seem to be appreciated.
As you can probably tell from some of my very recent posts, I've calmed down since our 'Huntley' discussion. I have a few things 'on my plate' at the minute (I won't go into them here), but I suppose it's brought all this into perspective.
Now, I didn't suggest you shouldn't be honest skitz. I was referring to the term you used,
'that would be a bit mean'. Let's be 'honest' with each other skitz, we can be 'honest', without being 'mean'. There are 'ways' of saying things that achieve the same result but are more acceptable to the recipients. It's about empathising with a situation and not just applying pure logic. If we were standing together discussing something one to one then yes, pure logic may well be appropriate but this is an open forum and as such pure logic is not always the best/right way to apply an argument and/or conduct a discussion (depending on the topic of course).
An example: You annoyed me with your 'wording' on the Huntley thread (SAD NEWS thread). And I know we've been through all this and I DO NOT intend to make this into a slagging match so please read on.
If someone kills someone else then it is undeniable that they are a killer. However, in our theoretical scenario of the parents of the girls killing Huntley, there is a world of difference between Huntley and the Parents. To make a statement like
'if someone KILLED Huntley they would be no better than Huntley as they had killed', is bound to cause friction. You went on to say that they'd both be killers but we may 'understand why they (the parents), did it'. But it's your original 'wording' skitz. That's what I'm taking issue with. As I have said above, they would obviously both be 'killers', that is undeniable. Saying that they are
'no better than Huntley', is, to use your word, 'mean'. Despite statements I have made calling you an idiot, you are obviously not an idiot and as such I apologise for that. Indeed from your posts it would appear that you are an intelligent person and I believe you CAN see how your choice of words in that particular discussion is/was mean and inflammatory.
As I said, I DO NOT want to start a slagging match. Apart from anything else, I haven't the energy!
