People don't appreciate bluntness like they used to. Even constructive criticism is perceived to be an assault. It all has to be candy-coated and wrapped in pleasantries. Perhaps a side-effect of the positive self-esteem movement? People have lost the ability to take constructive criticism or to shrug off bluntness?

Or maybe a few lessons in tact.

From  "Gump" to "Grump"

Sounds to me like it's not so much a right and wrong thing as it is a believe not believe one......and when it comes to that sort of stuff  it's more of a faith thing and standard logic of right and wrong does not seem to  work.

Just agree to disagree and respect  there opinion.

Your own words should tell you best  "all evidence seems to point to the fact" 

And who knows maybe one plus one equals five if your working with dark matter

This is an all-inclusive open forum, grump. You can say the sky is blue and someone will call you an idiot. Or socialist, or nut-job or liberal or...you get the idea. Of course there's always that remotest of possibilities that God is up there and putting your name down on a turd list. In which case, if beer is sold in hell, I'll buy the first pitcher.

I'll take Shiner Bock, thank you.

I have to agree.  See my problem is when I start having the bible quoted to me.  That just annoys me.  LIke that SOMEHOW just hands you your azz and they've just "won" the argument.  Quoting me the bible is as preposterous, if not more so, than me quoting Harry Potter to them and thinking I just have beaten them over the head with absolute logic.  I should learn quotes from the books and say them every time someone spouts off a bible verse. lol How awesome would I be. "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities" So sayeth Albus Dumbledore from the Book of Goblet, chapter 24, amen. Or my personal favorite: "Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself." so sayeth Albus Dumbledore, from the book of Stone chapter 1. (and I draw a lightning bolt scar down my forhead.) I have been annointed in the Potter.

LOL...great one, gravity....

That Dumbledore guy makes a lot of sense.  If only he were to be killed for annoying the powers-that-be, you could start a religion around him.

(Of course, you'd have to completely ignore his message for the religion to *REALLY* catch on...)

You know random i have thought about it! lol The Dumbledorians.  'Do you know the Albus?'  My god has a first and last name.  He trumps your god. 

I was an Art student for many years~ each piece was critique by the class.

Some did not like my color choice,the way the line drew the eye across the piece,the way I divided the canvass~ but no one said "That is wrong" or "Your stupid to draw that way".

You keep saying he~ She is watching... lol

 "...Amen, excuse me, A-lady"

-Andre3000-

 My god has a first and last name...

and three middle names! Dumbledore rocks! And actually, he was killed for annoying the "powers that be", wasn't he?

Shh!  Some people haven't seen the movie yet!

(Plus, he's gay...)

Dumbledore is dead....???

( Even I knew that!)

He's just pinin' for the fjords!

I knew about the demise of Dumbledore from reading the books. And let's not start the gay thing again, okay?

Awwww, you're no fun...

RF: J.K. said Dumbledore was gay after she wrote the books. But you know those Brits can't speak English, so I don't know if she meant Dumbledore was happy and festive or if he was queer as a three-dollar bill.

Nope catpaw.  She meant gay as in gay as a three dollar bill. (Frankly i don't get that saying...)  Anyway... no one uses gay in the terms of "happy" anymore.  That stopped awhile ago.  And all over the world. The whole gay thing, doesn't affect me one bit.  Some think she just threw it in there to cause more rucous over her books.

Queer;;;

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1 a: worthless, counterfeit <queer money> b: questionable, suspicious2 a: differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal b (1): eccentric, unconventional (2): mildly insane : touched c: absorbed or interested to an extreme or unreasonable degree : obsessed d (1)often disparaging : homosexual (2)sometimes offensive : gay 4b3: not quite well — queer·ish \-ish\ adjective — queer·ly adverb — queer·ness noun   ................................................. ............ergo "queer as a three dollar bill."...........   It goes on to say...........................................   usage Over the past two decades, an important change has occurred in the use of queer in sense 2d. The older, strongly pejorative use has certainly not vanished, but a use by some gay people and some academics as a neutral or even positive term has established itself. This development is most noticeable in the adjective but is reflected in the corresponding noun as well. The newer use is sometimes taken to be offensive, especially by older gay men who fostered the acceptance of gay in these uses and still have a strong preference for it.

Now, knock off arguing over word usage....it evolves but is not extinct.  Scheeeesh....

 

 

Most authors have what they call "the back story" for characters. Knowing details that do not make it into the book about a character,helps inform the writer about the choices a character makes.

Really good fiction has a "real" quality to it. Think Tolkien~ who had a geology,language ,time span etc~ to give his world a real feel.