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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Empirate" data-source="post: 6000378" data-attributes="member: 78958">My 'moral outrage' is in fact limited to a slightly raised eyebrow. I simply don't seem to get the same vibes off Dandu (and he has mocked me at one or two points that I remember) as you do. I don't feel he's humiliating in his style of commenting. He's sometimes very sarcastic, but he's not bullying anybody in the way I interpret the word. Embarking on a shoot-down-Dandu campaign is quite possible without hurt feelings, if you simply reply in kind. If you don't take offense at his statements, but shoot right back in a tongue-in-cheek style, then nobody gets humiliated.Text doesn't carry intent all too well. I'm not entirely sure what Dandu's intentions are when he posts in threads like this. What I am certain about, though, is that it is both possible and in your best interest not to take it to heart - it might not be an attempt to humiliate you (it might also be one, of course, but this is the internet, and there are jerks. Big news), even if you tend to read it as such.That said, one always has a better stake in any discussion if the issue at hand can be argued favorably. I, personally, don't think you can actually be serious when you talk about sneaking up ropes that are at that moment being climbed by other people. In fact, this comes - to me - across as so ludicrous that I find it a bit hard to reply in earnest. I guess when you're that far apart in a discussion it gets much more likely for somebody to choose a way of putting things which comes across as hurtful to the 'opponents' in the debate. Best thing to do at that point is to leave the discussion alone already, which I will proceed to do now.Respect for your work, honestly and generally, if not for your standpoint in this particular discussion,Empirate</blockquote>

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