On 15 January 2014 23:55, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15 Jan 2014, at 10:39, LizR wrote: > > On 15 January 2014 21:49, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 15 Jan 2014, at 02:59, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> Liz, >> >> Are you describing YOUR inability to understand MY satirical comment >> perchance? I even included a smiley to indicate that which you didn't... >> >> Lighten up and smile! >> :-) >> >> You cannot insult someone and ask him or her to smile. >> > > It's a technique of the bully. Make fun of someone, then ask them why they > aren't laughing. > > I agree, it is a bullying technic. > But in the case of Edgar, I don't think he is purposefully bullying. > He just seem unaware of what it means to confront his ideas with others. >
I hope you're right. > However I *was* smiling, actually, after reading that, because Edgar's > heavy-handed attempt at retaliatory humour, together with the way he > clearly doesn't understand what satire is, were in fact laughable. > (But I didn't laugh too much, because I was at work at the time :) > > Yeah, ... but it is also a bit sad. > > Yes, I think so too. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
