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Yes, you are aggressively missing the point.

"apparently my intentions don't count"

Your intentions, in fact, do not count, Your impact is what counts. I
can't tell what your intentions are, and all the good intentions in
the world don't stop actions from doing damage.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Joe Polcari <joe at polcari.com> wrote:
> And if everyone had that attitude, this politically correct crap wouldn?t exist ? but nooo.
> But who am I to judge - if it pisses you off, I?m sorry, I didn?t mean anything by it, I just won?t say it anymore to you, I didn?t know it meant anything other what I intended but apparently my intentions don?t count.
> The politically correct stuff comes from someone trying to suppress my speech because it ?may? insult someone/anyone.
> Like the holiday is named Christmas, but you can?t say it when wishing someone a good holiday.
> Or am I missing the point?
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> On 3/15/16, 3:56 PM, "Discuss on behalf of Rich Pieri" <discuss-bounces+joe=polcari.com at blu.org on behalf of richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 3/15/2016 3:15 PM, Joe Polcari wrote:
>>> You can?t say ?good day? because it can be interpreted by someone who
>>> is having a bad day as sarcastic remark.
>>
>>Nonono. He's allowed to say it, or write it as the case may be. Freedom
>>of speech includes speech that I might not like. I think it doesn't
>>reflect favorably on him, throwing an insult in my face and then
>>flouncing, but no skin off my teeth.
>>
>>--
>>Rich P.
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