>>>>It is only insulting if I intend to insult. Can we agree that it is provocative?!
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>>>Peter, provocative is when you voice an idea that may be controversial but is based on an observation that is either clever or has some merit and causes the hearer to think ... something other than "My God, this man is an idiot."
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>>You tell me, is that remark meant provocative or is it an insult?
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>No, that was an insult. Or at least an insult of your comment ( you seem like a nice enough fellow. I learned long ago to be able to distinguish between fuzzy thinking and bad character <g> )
But hey, my mind is very sharp, also currently. And my character is fine also. Problem is you won't believe me.
So it's an insult, of the comment. How on earth can a comment be insulted? Only people can be insulted. You also mention "this man". It must be you who's currently thinking fuzzy, but I can't really say that here, because you'd regard that as an insult and eventually inform Michel, like Mike Yearwood just did. That's a dilemma for me, because now I'm not sure anymore how to defend myself.
You know what? I keep calling my remark about the Americans provocative. Those who don't believe that have apparently a similar attitude as the muslims who think of certain cartoons or films as insulting.
BTW, didn't you notice in the past that many, many times I was the one who defended the U.S.?
Groet,
Peter de Valença
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