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I'm a hacker; this is relevant to my interests. I'm sorry that you don't feel the same, but I do support your right to question your beliefs on what this site s
by pixelbath 16y ago
I'm a hacker; this is relevant to my interests. I'm sorry that you don't feel the same, but I do support your right to question your beliefs on what this site should be.
- cturner 16y agoHow can you be 'sorry' that someone else doesn't feel the same as you? Their feelings are their business. But were you genuinely sorry for something you were doing to cause their ill feeling you wouldn't be apologising in the same breath that you did the thing you were apologising for.
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- pixelbath 16y agoYou're absolutely correct; I'm not sorry at all. I was attempting to be funny, but it's hard to read someone's tone across the Internet. For that, I truly, truly apologize.
- kevinh 16y agoYou can be sorry because you believe their viewpoint is inferior or destructive. Sorry doesn't necessarily mean that you are apologizing; it simply means that something is causing you sorrow, and I can certainly see how it could cause someone sorrow that someone else holds a viewpoint that you believe is inferior.
- cturner 16y agoThanks for respectful answer. I disagree. You wouldn't say 'but' after it. You might say, "I'm sorry, and" - explaining why, and indicating why you thought otherwise. But that's not what happened here. "I'm sorry, but" is trash-talk. It doesn't belong here.
- cturner 16y agoI reread pixel's phrasing and I'm wrong. Usage still annoys me but kevinh is right.
- nkohari 16y agoThis comment was literally one of the most useless things I've ever read on Hacker News.