James S Saint
The simple fact that I stated that you assumed should be sufficient evidence to not assume that you hadn't.
Hahahahahahahahha. Does that tell you how I feel about that statement?
Are you taking on the role of god again, James?
In a court of law, your so-called "fact" and so-called "evidence would be thrown out of court. The judge would probably say to you - "shame on you, James. Now, the latter sentence there is an assumption but it's based on empirical knowledge. lol
A) you assumed that I didn't already know that you meant "Man" and not "men".
I didn't assume anything there either - I was just asking for clarification. IF I had assumed, I wouldn't have asked.
B) you have apparently assumed that it isn't a male vs female distinction.
No, wrong again. Words DO make a difference, James. No assumption there either. That was merely my thought, my intuition. It isn't an assumption which is more or less made in stone.
C) Although I don't know of your third reference, I can tell that you assumed something negative about it that very probably wasn't there.
Wrong again, by my perception it was negative. For whatever reason, you at least appeared to think it was funny when MA said that gross thing...gross by my perception and I kind of INTUIT, not assume, also by the perceptions of men in here, men who might also be turned off by particular sexually gross comments such as that was and men who would even dream of putting something like that in here. You responded with a laughing smilie - whatever your intention may have been - it didn't seem either logical or reasonable to me. Such as it was, it might only be encouraging to him. If a child said something gross to you, would you shrug it off by laughing?
And in no case, did you ask.

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Fine. I'm asking now. Why would you laugh at something so gross, off the wall, and which clearly to any reasonable person, has no place in here. Of course, that is only my perception, but as far as being logical or having any aesthetic value at all, it was meant for the gutter.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Viktor E. Frankl
It Felt Love
How did the rose
Ever open its heart
And give to this world
All its beauty?
It felt the encouragement of light
Against its being,
Otherwise,
We all remain
Too frightened
Hafiz