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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (68039)11/25/2002 5:53:58 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
If you're going to demand accountability, demand it for both the speaker and the hearer.

I agree with that.

Neo speaks about the foreseeable results of words. "Forseeable" is not always so easy to see. We can foresee responses often in people we know. We can foresee responses where they are pretty much universal, like people cooing when shown a baby or getting angry when you cut in line in front of them. But much is gray and unknown. There are all sorts of cultural and individual differences. You never know when you're going to inadvertently touch someone's hot button.

Seems to me that the only reasonable approach is to shrug off most of what might otherwise bother us. Seems to me that's the "duty" of the hearer. The flip side of the "duty" to apologize. In many ways this subject is like the PC business. While there's a right to free speech, there's no right to not having our feelings hurt or our sensibilities affronted. There's only so much that people can and should be protected. The hearer has some responsibility, too.
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