Posted by gabbi on August 8, 2005, at 21:46:11
In reply to Please Be Civil » gabbii, posted by Nickengland on August 6, 2005, at 19:31:35
> I dont think you quite take the whole train wreck thing seriously gabbi.
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You know Nick, I think that was unfair.
I've been a victim of violence, more times than I care to remember, I often hear common expressions that indirectly refer to it.
"I could just strangle her" is one.
And though I don't think it's necessarily good to become immured to the actual meaning behind what we say casually, there's a difference between pointing it out how it can affect someone, and assuming the intent was to be hurtful, or that the person saying it takes tragedy casually.
What I had said was that I'd heard the admin board referred to as a train wreck before, and a car accident, (People often say that "it's like a car accident, so horrible, but you can't take your eyes off it"
but I'd not heard a reaction like I had yours. It's true I had not.I think inferring from that, that I don't take human tragedy seriously, even when it isn't close to home, (when in fact it leaves me more shaken than others I know) well.. it was quite a stretch, and it was wrong.
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