RE: Do you ever wish you could just say "these people should be killed"
November 21, 2015 at 12:01 am
(November 20, 2015 at 11:46 pm)Omnibus E Plrus Nhilist Wrote:(November 15, 2015 at 2:25 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: If you say you wish you could kill people, you have no business getting bothered when people take you at your word.
I've found that I'm able to express my feelings more precisely by using nuanced language. Rather than saying "Joe Blow should be killed," for instance, I'll just say that he should be shot in the face with rocksalt, or have his eyes poked out. The ridiculousness of the phrasing tips my hand that I'm not being serious, and spares me the odium of people who don't know.
But then again, I stay off Facebook for the most part.
Never make categorical statements. When I was in the USAF I learned that making a qualified statement like "It is my considered opinion that that stupid Colonel -------------should be killed practically assured you wouldn't find yourself in any trouble. However saying something like (in a fit of anger) "I'll kill that son-fo-a-bitch Col ------" regardless of the situation could and probably would get you in a great big puddle of poo.
(November 20, 2015 at 11:46 pm)Omnibus E Plrus Nhilist Wrote: Never make categorical statements.
You were saying?
