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In response to "Maybe you can find some precedent for this statement." by secretslacker

It's not about you. If any other person had said it, it would have been just as offensive.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jun 21 '09, 13:58

and I repeat, at this point it is not about what you said, but entirely about how you reacted to the idea that what you said was offensive. Perhaps the seventh time will be the charm.

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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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It's not *about* you. If any other person had said it, it would have been just as offensive.

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It's not about you. If any other person had said it, it would have been just as offensive.