Pilgarlic
Well-Known Member
I'm sorry, Tipsy, if the flatulence metaphor offended you. I think it was a valid analogy, and it wasn't meant to be a reflection on your manners.
I don't believe I said that you have no manners whatsoever. I said that you misunderstand manners. I said that because your comments seemed to suggest that manners can be redefined at will when one chooses to ignore them, or that they don't exist if someone disagrees with them. Both of those would be untrue of manners and conventions, which aren't personal choices, so much as social constructs imposed upon us. I may have misunderstood you. Happens all the time.
Cheers.
I don't believe I said that you have no manners whatsoever. I said that you misunderstand manners. I said that because your comments seemed to suggest that manners can be redefined at will when one chooses to ignore them, or that they don't exist if someone disagrees with them. Both of those would be untrue of manners and conventions, which aren't personal choices, so much as social constructs imposed upon us. I may have misunderstood you. Happens all the time.
Cheers.