mmmm....nnnnnn....grrrrr..... GAH!
Okay, dammit, I am going to completely violate several things I said today and voice an opinion.

Gayer, as I recall, is one of the younger b3tans. In fact, he's the same age as my son.

Eighteen year old boys joke around, sometimes very inappropriately. My son, for instance, referred to someone as a cunt while working, as he had been spending time online with some British types. The English use of the word has the same general connotations as "asshole" does over here. But over here the word cunt is almost taboo, and is the harshest thing you can call a woman. As I never use the word outside of here, he was rather unaware of this- and got fired from his job for it.

My take on this is that Gayer didn't mean for his term to be as hurtful and offensive as it turned out to be. Rest assured that he knows this now, and I would guess he's unlikely to make the same mistake again.

I'm not saying that you lot were wrong in berating him for it- this was a lesson he apparently needed to learn. But at the same time, please do not brand him as an asshole over this. My feeling from talking to him is that he's a pretty nice kid- just one who made a bit of a blunder.

Gayer, I think a quick and sincere public apology is in order- and then after that, please, let's all let the matter rest, okay?

And now that I've shot of my goddam mouth YET AGAIN in an area that doesn't concern me, I'm out for the evening.

Night, all.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 25 Jun 2008, 0:02, Reply)