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I'll step up to defend lotsofmangos: that's a particularly uncharitable reading of the comment. I took it to mean "your opinion is ludicrous; a person getting

I'll step up to defend lotsofmangos: that's a particularly uncharitable reading of the comment. I took it to mean "your opinion is ludicrous; a person getting paid $8.50 an hour to flip burgers or assemble sandwiches lacks the access to capital required to start a restaurant". That's absolutely correct, and not at all a direct personal attack. (though I'd agree that the choice of "sanity" is unfortunate)

lotsofmangos 12y ago
Thank you for that. I have taken a bit of a step back to have a think if I am maybe a bit too combative in my language sometimes. Personally, as someone who actually has occasional mental health issues, I think it is fine to question someone's sanity if they come out with ridiculous ideas. If we are banned from saying that someone is being crazy, then that is not going to help anyone, least of all the insane. edit - my other comment that did get greyed out, was admittedly far more of a personal attack, which was based on me asking myself who would suggest such a thing if they were not crazy, and I decided that the best candidate was the creatures from "They Live", hence the comment about the sunglasses. This was poorly judged, though I do not know if it became greyed out due to the insulting nature, or purely because it was one comedy sci-fi reference too many.