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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (73225)	8/25/2003 2:24:01 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Okay, I'm confused. Just what is it that makes a remark an insult, then? It's not the intent of the speaker. It's not the way the recipient receives it. It's not because it meets some objective standard. So, what on earth is it???

To: one_less who wrote (73225)	8/25/2003 2:30:03 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Let's go back to where this discussion started. I maintained that a person could control how they responded to something said to them. That if I said something to you which I intended to be insulting, but if you chose not to take offense by it or to consider it an insult, then I had not insulted you. I had tried, but failed. At this point in the discussion, are you maintaining that I was wrong, and the even if you choose not to take a remark as an insult, you have still been insulted? If so, it's not clear to me why that was an insult if it can't be said that independently it partakes of some concept of insultness.