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In response to "your mistake continues to be that there would be any context or wording that that would make it non-offensive. -- nm" by Reagen

and if I may elaborate, the reason you see anger at that is that others here see your response as a high liklihood that you'll repeat your error

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jun 21 '09, 13:51

possibly with a member of their family. It's got precisely zero to do with your intent, and it's got everything to do with how you reacted after you were told that what you said was offensive.

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Maybe you can find some precedent for this statement. - secretslacker Jun 21, 13:55 10
- It's not *about* you. If any other person had said it, it would have been just as offensive. - Reagen Jun 21, 13:58 9
  - This whole thing could have been handled better. - secretslacker Jun 21, 14:03 8
    - Well if you would have offended him in an email and not a public board. We would have known nothing about it. - Redmond Jun 21, 14:09
    - Bery said to you quite politely that he thought you should apologize to amoxy. Your first response? "What? It was a JOKE!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 14:06 6
      - Yes, but that's because I hadn't read the B2 responses and wasn't aware of the previous incident. - secretslacker Jun 21, 14:08 5
        
        but as liiouo mentions above, and as others have mentioned since, that previous incident isn't what flipped the switch on what made the joke offensive - Reagen Jun 21, 14:13 4
        
        Well, maybe explaining it 8 or 9 times is reasonable, but now that we're up to 15 or so, it's really gone beyond the pale. -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 14:14 3
        
        It's called "making an effort"... which is more than most of my critics deserve. -- nm - secretslacker Jun 21, 14:17 2
        
        Psst, idiot. He's not complimenting you. -- nm - Subversive Jun 21, 14:23 1
        
        I'm aware of that. I'm just saying that if someone honestly meant to offend in the first place, they would not be making the effort to resolve this. -- nm - secretslacker Jun 21, 14:25

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and if I may elaborate, the reason you see anger at that is that others here see your response as a high liklihood that you'll repeat your error

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