Dear James (Dear is a four letter word)
You suggest that I step down. To whose level should I stoop?
If I were to react to the remarks on impulse, the Australian letter would appear mild in comparison. Four letter words include love and hate. Sometimes getting someone’s attention requires shock treatment and words can do that. Writers are so caught up in being politically correct that they often fail to communicate with the reader. Are there bounds to literary license? Who sets the rules? Should a writer refrain from using a word because a few may take offense?
We can choose to read, respond or ignore a post. There are times when a response is necessary to state a position or to clear the air. I wondered if I should respond, and then thought “what the Hell” or should I have said, “What the heaven”? Just doesn’t seem to fit.
I have been shown love by many on this forum. I will hang onto that four letter word. People become enslaved to those they hate, and I choose not to be enslaved. It is not always easy to rise above pettiness, but it is easy to stoop or step down. .