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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
You "crossed a line" only if you consider this to be a Board where people generally try not to unleash personally offensive attacks upon each other. You say that you did not intend to do so, and I believe you. Nonetheless, what you said offended AG greatly as a personal attack. On such issues, your compadres on the Board are (within the limits of reasons) like the proverbial "eggshell plaintiff" -- you take them as they come.
No one ever suggested, or would suggest, that there is any reason for you not to post upon the Board. However, I don't understand why you would refuse to even offer an apology.
It seems to me that one of the principal tenets of civility, and of being a gentleman, is a desire to avoid needlessly (and certainly unintentionally) giving offense. It also seems that, when one has unintentionally given offense through word or deed, it is appropriate to offer a sincere apology.
From what I've read of this exchange, I think you could come up with a pretty good apology/explanation that you really meant -- and it would not be out of place. [You might want to leave out the "whiny little bitch" part, though.]
S_A_M
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Had he approached it differently, I would have. Had he said something like, "wow, club, did you just mean what I think you mean," it would have been different. I would have more clearly set out the substantive point I was trying to make, had a rational discussion of the issue, and apologize if I'd offended. But instead it was "fucking asshole", "fucking cocksucker" and similar words, plus attacks that I'm some sort of monster that is insensitve not only to the left's feelings on 9/11, but also to the VICTIMS of 9/11. If I was a fluffy, I could understand that type of backlash. But I'm not, and have never done anything on this board where it would be reasonable to conclude anything of the sort.
