Posted by PartlyCloudy on July 10, 2010, at 20:05:15
In reply to Re: when a person is hurt » ron1953, posted by violette on July 10, 2010, at 19:46:10
> Ron,
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> Partly Cloudy reinforced my point (though perhaps unknowingly).
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> Similar to PC, I also don't necessarily get hurt more easily than another. In many ways, less so than others.
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> Imo, there is a big difference with being hurt in terms of an apostrophe vs being hurt when someone says something directly about one's character. While its understandable that someone may feel offended or if their beliefs or opinions were knocked down somehow--and this isn't necessarily the case for me--I just see a difference between personal insults/criticism about a PERSON and pesonal insults/criticism about an OBJECT or CONCEPT, such as a medication or how one feels about an apostrophy:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20040820/msgs/382165.html
>Wow, that was some thread. Almost 6 years ago and still fresh reading - as pungent as a fresh pile of doggy doo.
> That's where the radar comes in. Some people pick up on this difference while others don't see it.
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> If someone seemingly insults my belief about science, for example, I'm usually ok with that because I feel it represents the other person's beliefs rather than me as a person, but if someone were to seemingly insult my character, it would be more personal and cruel in some way.
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