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many here would be making excuses

Tell me why that isn't just simply insulting. There is no definition of the phrase "making excuses" that paints it as anything but a put-down. Why then is using it anything more that just being openly dismissive of a view you do not hold.

Here. Let me illustrate.

What would be a positive spin on using that term that wouldn't simply be making excuses.

This is honestly not an attack. I am trying to reason with you about something. One fair poster to another.

I won't go into a full response because the thread I did so earlier today was deleted. I don't why but see no good that can come from rehashing a subject that may have already been shut down.

Suffice it to say that I have a completely different assessment of the meaning of the word "excuse."

I don't think it was shut down because of your post.

And, you didn't use the word "excuse." Which in fact has several differ usages, meaning different things. (Meaning comes as much from context as the dictionary...so "may I be excused" is not the same as "that;s a lame excuse." ) Either way you used the phrase "making excuses." That's always a pejorative, and is always an accusation that the other party is whitewashing or rationalizing. Let's put it this way. You are never going to submit a document at work titled "reasons for promoting bill" and then change the title to "making excuses for promoting bill." That's just obvious.


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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/2016 06:21PM by zn.