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Of Comments Deleted and Other Poor Decisions
Occasionally I receive notifications of comments and when I try to view them they have been deleted. So, as I am a curious individual, I go to the e-mail notification, read the comment, and chuckle.
I've spoken before about my lack of participation in the "saying regretful things when angry" club and while I understand most people do this, I understand it as an intellectual fact not as an emotional state. My assumption is that anything people say to me when they are angry is what they mean. If that is not the case then I expect them to clear the issue. I never just disregard statements made in anger because when I am angry what I say is exactly what I mean.
This does not make me a better person, it just means I say "I'm sorry" about different things. And that brings up my point here. For while I understand intellectually if not emotionally the practice of saying regretful things while angry, I cannot understand the practice of doing so and then pretending it was never said.
If you have thought better of something you have said, have a spine and admit it because what I see is the same people, over and over and over making comments and then deleting them.
Well, from now on I will be responding to every deleted comment I receive by first quoting what was said and then asking the person responsible if they would like to apologize for their actions.
So, think twice before you write that missive to me you instantly regret.
Or not, your choice.
I've spoken before about my lack of participation in the "saying regretful things when angry" club and while I understand most people do this, I understand it as an intellectual fact not as an emotional state. My assumption is that anything people say to me when they are angry is what they mean. If that is not the case then I expect them to clear the issue. I never just disregard statements made in anger because when I am angry what I say is exactly what I mean.
This does not make me a better person, it just means I say "I'm sorry" about different things. And that brings up my point here. For while I understand intellectually if not emotionally the practice of saying regretful things while angry, I cannot understand the practice of doing so and then pretending it was never said.
If you have thought better of something you have said, have a spine and admit it because what I see is the same people, over and over and over making comments and then deleting them.
Well, from now on I will be responding to every deleted comment I receive by first quoting what was said and then asking the person responsible if they would like to apologize for their actions.
So, think twice before you write that missive to me you instantly regret.
Or not, your choice.