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> It takes two to make an offense - one to give offense, the other to take offense. Don't take offense, and there is no offense. What else does this mean?
by jolux 5y ago
> It takes two to make an offense - one to give offense, the other to take offense. Don't take offense, and there is no offense.
What else does this mean?
- WalterBright 5y agoIt does not mean the offendee is responsible for the behavior of the offender. It means the offendee is responsible for the offendee's reaction. Very, very different.
- jolux 5y agoThat’s true, but something should also be done to correct the behavior of the offender, which is what I think most of this thread is talking about.
- WalterBright 5y agoAt least one poster in this thread has attempted to bully me. He failed - and not because anyone tried to correct his behavior. It's because his insults do not affect me.
- jolux 5y agoThere are multiple ways to stop people from being bullied and harassed. We shouldn’t leave it on everyone to defend themselves, but set baseline standards of acceptable behavior. This is uncontroversial as far as government in general is concerned. For whatever reason, people seem to get upset about it when organizations try to enforce standards that are more stringent than the law.