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[pne]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/rahaeli/310736.html (friends-only); specifically, my comment and what happened. I'm still stunned so I won't say anything right now. Will have to sleep on it and think about things.

Anyone who'd like to defriend me over this, this may be a good opportunity.

Comments

[denial-land.livejournal.com]

since I can't read it anyways, I don't really know what to think...

[pleiades829.livejournal.com]

Can't see what happened... but you seem to be a pretty good guy. It'd take something pretty bad to get me to unfriend you.

[bride.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

I can't read it, but it's probably not as bad as you think (or at least in my eyes, if I knew what happened).

[marikochan.livejournal.com]

*points up* What they said.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't see it, but I don't think it would matter even if I could.

I couldn't imagine defriending you over something that didn't involve me. Well...unless you were eating babies in your spare time or something similiarly horrifying. But, you know...

Chin up, P. Whatever it is, it'll all work out in the end.

[subbes]

Looks like no-one can see what happened.

[isabeau.livejournal.com]

Being able to /see/ what happened? I think you maybe underestimated the offensiveness of your statement in that particular context. ^_^ (I'm not defriending you; I am a little disappointed, but I know you well enough to know that you probably didn't mean it, at least not the way it came out and was received. At least I hope so.)

[pne.livejournal.com]

I think you maybe underestimated the offensiveness of your statement in that particular context.

I had considered that possibility; I'm often bad at judging social interactions correctly. Which is also one reason I posted here; I hoped that some people would be able to see the entry and talk to me about their appraisal of the situation since I didn't completely understand it.

I'm a bit confused by what looks like a smiley after that sentence of yours, by the way; the smiley looks happy yet that doesn't seem to fit with the mood of the sentence.

I know you well enough to know that you probably didn't mean it, at least not the way it came out and was received. At least I hope so.

Without knowing how you see it come it, I probably did not mean it that way. Email me if you want; I'll get it tomorrow when I've had time to mull over things a bit more.

[isabeau.livejournal.com]

^_^, at least in that context, is kind of like a wry smile that doesn't really mean I'm smiling so much as just, um, not-smiling. ...which makes no sense, but, eh.

Emailing you for the rest. :)

[pthalo]

ditto. I too would be really offended and hurt if someone said that to me, especially if it was something that I was just finally getting comfortable with talking about, you know? It's offensive to take your religious beliefs and your knowledge of God and put it onto another person. Jesus can speak for God. So could Moses and all that. But we? We're just people, and to assume that we know what God feels better than another person does is silly at best and ends up hurting people at worst.

For me, it's akin to my mother saying that God's Divine Plan for me involved me getting abused. She means well, but it doesn't stop the image of God sitting up there jerking off to it, you know? I know you mean well, Philip, and that you didn't mean to cause hurt, but you did, and really the only thing to do now is learn from it and work on the future.

[angelsk.livejournal.com]

Can't see it, but *hugs*

[karen2205]

I was expecting this to be a meta level post about the silliness of friends' list drama;-)

I'd say your best bet is to take it to email with the people concerned; I can't see the post either, but often more personal communication is the way to clear up misunderstandings.

And you're right, it'll all seem better in the morning.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I'd say your best bet is to take it to email with the people concerned

She said she wasn't interested in discussing it with me.

[volantwish]

*huggle*

dunno what happened, but you're a good guy...it'll work itself out :-\