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Diplomacy has never been my strong suit. I mean, if the “Hey, Stupid People” comic wasn’t proof of that, I don’t know what is. I guess the whole thing goes back to the fact that I have always had a rather short temper. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve managed to control it enough to remain within acceptable limits for general society, but I still heat up pretty quickly. I just really wish it weren't true. It just seems to me that there is a certain line that must not, under any circumstances be crossed. I don't think that this means that crossing the line is a capital offense, I just don't think that it should be without consequences. ...But maybe there are extenuating circumstances. Right? And if there are, then doesn't that mean that getting mad at someone for crossing the line is inappropriate? Then the question becomes, how far does the line get moved? And then later, if they push past the old line, are we being inconsistent by not giving them the latitude we did when things were different? Sometimes people get hurt. I understand this. I also understand that sometimes, regardless of what we want, we end up hurting other people. I can even see that, by extension, the people we hurt unintentionally (no...that's the wrong word...perhaps "without malice" is better) should be given the room to blow up and say things that would otherwise be reason enough to allow yourself to lose your temper. I'm just saying that I'm having a really hard time seeing where the allowances should end and where it becomes a matter of them taking advantage of the fact that I'm giving them more ground for something that I'm somewhat responsible for. Sometimes I wonder why I bother getting up in the morning. |
