when is something an insult?

[The Stranger]

I am.



I think this is mostly about how people react to being insulted. Often they have no right to demand apologies and create a bunch of drama, much less file lawsuits.

I think usually when people are that angry it is not the specific incident that they care about.



I would say insults are something we have pretty good instincts about, when we don't confuse ourselves. Except wrong about what's mature, etc, whatever the topic is.

lol, cmon sasaki, i remember much more inspiring debates with you.

so we are confused when we do not understand what is wrong or right according to what you think or actually decide is true. this must be why people are so often confused, I think they have never been educated about what you have decided is true.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Have you ever considered the possible that absolutely no one is right except you?

Some people agree with me so that is not logically possible.

lol, cmon sasaki, i remember much more inspiring debates with you.

so we are confused when we do not understand what is wrong or right according to what you think or actually decide is true. this must be why people are so often confused, I think they have never been educated about what you have decided is true.

They aren't confused, they act on what they have decided is true (sometimes they decide to trust the judgment of others). What do you think they should do?

There doesn't need to be any finality to an argument about whether some art is good or not. The finality comes when you make an action, like buying it or not. If you are convinced you have been insulted you act like it. Isn't this just a bunch of truisms? I don't understand what you disagree with, why are you concerned about the fact that people will disagree, and that there is no one standing above it all to say who is right?

[Montmorency]

Some people agree with me so that is not logically possible.

Logic is a way of thinking, not a way of being.

[The Stranger]

Some people agree with me so that is not logically possible.



They aren't confused, they act on what they have decided is true (sometimes they decide to trust the judgment of others). What do you think they should do?

There doesn't need to be any finality to an argument about whether some art is good or not. The finality comes when you make an action, like buying it or not. If you are convinced you have been insulted you act like it. Isn't this just a bunch of truisms? I don't understand what you disagree with, why are you concerned about the fact that people will disagree, and that there is no one standing above it all to say who is right?

first, they were confused about the truth, now they arent because they are acting on what they decide is true. And while first it mattered what was true, now it doesnt seem to matter because people decide what is true themself anyway. No offense, but your few posts have been confusing.

its not about disagreement, its about that there seems to be a growing trend where the offended get most of the attention and saying "im offended by that" seems to carry such weight that it forces people into hiding, to receive threats. I guess its not actually a new phenomenon... but im interested in it anyway, and the question stands still, if we have laws about it, then surely we must agree somehow on a way to decide when something is an insult.