If someone does not actually know that we are not, never have been, or were meant to be, a democracy, that is not my problem in any way, shape or form.
The uneducated are their own issue. It is their job to fix it.
A lot of people think god talks to them and the fact they can't figure out a flower is evidence for "him".

I don't understand calculus. But hey! I did pretty well with the National Vocabulary Challenge.

You have said that you know that your style does not take emotion into account and you don't care if you offend people. So why are you continuing to argue about it?

If you are trying to make a point, and you write in a manner that offends your audience, then you sabotage your point. It is your problem.

Right. It's far and away better to make your point in such as way as to lead the other person to think it was their idea! That way, they will cooperative instead of resentful for evermore.

That's not "handling people with kid gloves" to me--it's just common sense. Unfortunately, a lot of people (including me, okay?) lack basic common sense and communication skills.

No argument, just refuting your point. I still see nothing offensive in my statement.
I don't see how that is on point, but as long as you don't argue about calculus and/or get offended if you misunderstand discussions about it, good... that is what I was saying.

and to think, nobody likes my beer launcher thread!

:(

I'm getting one of those, probably not that company though.

you're getting a panic button? or a beer launcher?

I usually hit the panic button AFTER using the beer launcer. 'Cause, you know--by then I really can't get up.

yuk yuk yuk!

Panic button. I can no longer drink alcohol. When I did drink beer it was not in cans.

. . . is to get the last word in.

NO! I mean . . . is to walk away from it.

:)

I say the slash is straight. Everything else is leaning.

Dale Carnegie has produced thousands of smarmy, dishonest, devious, back-stabbing, businessmen.

Can someone please explain to me why one gets bent when someone else disagrees with them?
It is not personal... it is just a different idea. Nothing else.
Do people really think that their opinions are who they are?
Opinions change every day just like facts do.

It's been explained to you before, but you didn't listen.