On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:22 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> Was that a strong enough protest? > > About what I expected.
Always nice to live up to somebody's expectations > What do you do when you step on someone's toe by accident? I usually offer to let them step on my toe. > What would > you do if you made a joke about a guy so upset about getting turned > down for a date that he hung himself in his closet, if you found out > that one of the people listening to you had a brother who had just > committed suicide by hanging himself in his closet because his > girlfriend broke up with him (this actually happened to someone I know > a few years ago)? I would offer my condolences on his loss, which, no doubt, would matter just as little as an apology to someone genuinely grieving. > What would you say if you let lose > a big fart while having a fart contest with a bunch of guys and one of > their mother's happened to just walk in the room I would say, "I just kicked your son's ass in a farting contest!" or "Oh, like you've never farted before!" > Perhaps you would not say you are sorry in any of these situations - > fine, your choice. But do you really want to call those of us who > would apologize ass holes (or ass kissers, or whatever term it is that > you would use for Baldwin)? The term I would use to describe what Baldwin said is two-faced. He said something he did not mean for the sake of appeasing a populace and furthering his career (if you check the records, you'll find he does that often). The term I would use to describe someone who apologized in the above instances is oversensitive. There are ways of treating people with respect that do not include halfhearted or flat-out insincere apologies. In the above examples, I used humor, sympathy, and honesty (in that order). By my standards, it would have been disrespectful to say words I did not mean. By my standards, nobody should accept an apology offered halfheartedly or flat-out insincerely. > That would be chickenshit. (and of > course, if I have misjudged you, and you are offended by me implying > that you are chickenshit, then I am sorry). A chickshit lies to make other people feel better. A chickenshit lies in the hope other people will like him. I may be a bastard. I may be an asshole. But I am not a chickenshit. But, if it makes you feel better, I've been called worse. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
