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16 December 2007
Hi I just stopped by to apologize for my rude outburst last Wednesday.→[More:]. It was very much out of line and I am sorry. That is all.
No, it is my personal policy never to forgive offenses committed on Wednesdays, whether remembered or not. You will be tracked down and receive a spanking, a waterboarding and a "W" tattoo on your forehead. Resistance is futile (sometimes).
Well, I thought about it while meditating this weekend (bad! you're not supposed to be thinking about stuff) and I realized that in retrospect, I'd caused probably as much suffering for myself as for others. I intend to keep that in mind in future.
Thanks for calling my attention to that thread, it was interesting. You had some important things to say, it is only bad that you punctuated them with rudeness, and you recognize that.
Very classy move, pie. I'm so impressed I lit the wrong end of my cigarette. Now you owe me a cigarette. And since you're so classy, I know you'll give it to me. ;)
This stuff is hard. Especially when it's all in typed words over the internets.
The upside to it, of course, is that it's hard to get slapped (physically).
I remember reading the thread, and staying out of it, but assuming that you were having a bad day, and thinking it could as well have been me. It's hard, at times, for a man who largely has egalitarian leanings, gender-wise (as I suspect you do) to know what to let go by and what not to let go by, when one's bullshit meter is (accurately or not) pinged. Been there.
I've been where you are, pi, and it's an incredibly decent thing to apologize. I won't say "manly" - maybe "humanly".
Maybe, along with our weekly shouting threads, we should have weekly small caps threads, where we all apologize for stuff we did wrong. Like, I'd apologize to that car I cut off and then cursed at for not letting me in.
I remember thinking how out-of-nowhere that seemed, especially around these parts. I mean, I get pissed off at people on the interbutt all the time but hardly ever around here. Anyway, not a big deal, you're a good guy.
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