Apologies; lots of apologies, actually. I really should have been more specific. If you're going to rage, rage at the trend, not the individual.
Every situation is a new one; if you've talked to someone and they don't stop being jerkfaces, then you're allowed to smack them. But if you haven't even started conversation, and you break into a rage because other people have previously been jerkfaces, that's...bad.
We are emotional as a species, but we should strive not to be so. And if you are claiming the moral high ground, that puts even more responsibility on you.
It does, and it's aggravating, but a trend is composed of individuals and in each individual there might be a chance of change, until they have marked themselves as irredeemable. Then, then, I would gladly condone righteous smackdowns. But not before.
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Re: this is probably not the usual response
Date: 2009-04-28 10:49 am (UTC)Every situation is a new one; if you've talked to someone and they don't stop being jerkfaces, then you're allowed to smack them. But if you haven't even started conversation, and you break into a rage because other people have previously been jerkfaces, that's...bad.
We are emotional as a species, but we should strive not to be so. And if you are claiming the moral high ground, that puts even more responsibility on you.
It does, and it's aggravating, but a trend is composed of individuals and in each individual there might be a chance of change, until they have marked themselves as irredeemable. Then, then, I would gladly condone righteous smackdowns. But not before.