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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4056236" data-attributes="member: 13892">I believe that the same senitment can be behind both responses and I believe that it's possible to be polite, yes. Now, both of those questions having been answered, this does not make &quot;You suck!&quot; the same sentence as &quot;I do not believe this thread has merit.&quot; which was your earlier, patently false, assertion. Though both of these experessions may convey similar or same sentiments, one of them does so in a wholly, obviously, inappropriate manner, using completely different words -- eprjoratives that were originally coined to be offensive. I submit that people do not routinely mistake &quot;You suck!&quot; as being a polite or productive phrase.A person has time to think about what they post before they type it -- days, if need be.&nbsp; Charisma doesn't really enter into it. When somebody posts a deliberately offensive thing, I submit that it's far more likely they don't care about what they're posting than it is likely they don't know what they're posting. Suggesting that acting like an ass is excuseable due to ignorance of acceptable social behavior is just that -- an excuse. Ignorance is not a disease -- it is a matter of choice. If you choose to be offensive, you choose to live with the consequences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 4056236, member: 13892"] I believe that the same senitment can be behind both responses [i]and[/i] I believe that it's possible to be polite, yes. Now, both of those questions having been answered, this does not make "You suck!" the same sentence as "I do not believe this thread has merit." which was your earlier, patently false, assertion. Though both of these experessions may convey similar or same sentiments, one of them does so in a wholly, obviously, inappropriate manner, using completely different words -- eprjoratives that were originally coined to be offensive. I submit that people do not routinely mistake "You suck!" as being a polite or productive phrase. A person has time to think about what they post before they type it -- days, if need be. Charisma doesn't really enter into it. When somebody posts a deliberately offensive thing, I submit that it's far more likely they don't [i]care[/i] about what they're posting than it is likely they don't [i]know[/i] what they're posting. Suggesting that acting like an ass is excuseable due to ignorance of acceptable social behavior is just that -- an excuse. Ignorance is not a disease -- it is a matter of choice. If you choose to be offensive, you choose to live with the consequences. [/QUOTE]

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