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January 17th 2008, 12:29 PM
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Also don't be afraid to offend people. If anyone is afraid of being offended they need to get off the internet since the internet is just a real-life meeting of people, but with many more people than you'd normally meet and them all acting alot less worried about social norms which normally stop us from offense.

Amen to that. From what I've heard from somebody's therapist (through them): It's not what is said that makes you offended, it's how you choose to take it. Thus, if you're offended by something it is your own fault, and thus you cannot hold other people responsible for how you react to what they say.

There are of course exceptions, if somebody is attacking you directly, that's a different story, but if you're an idiot, and somebody tells you that you're an idiot, I think they are justified, and that you're the one to blame if that offends you.