Kilted (and insulted) at the opera

[auld argonian]

I still prefer the common two word response to an insult - said calmly and politely. And when they stammer back, "Why do you say that?" The response is, "Because that is the proper response to an insult."

Ron

I guess that I sometimes feel exactly that way, Ron....in some sets of circumstances a hearty two-or-three-word invective does seem appropriate. Should the offending party then act offended, I would simply state that I, at least, will just come out and BE insulting rather than dancing around it like a sissy the way that they're doing it. As I mentioned earlier, some folks seem to get a certain degree of vicious pleasure out of being "witty" and sort of trying to channel Oscar Wilde...in the end, though, they're probably meaner than someone who just comes out and cusses you out.

Best

AA