[Courses] [Spineful Living, lesson 3: 101 Satisfying Retorts For All Occassion]

[Kathryn Andersen]

On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 09:50:58AM +1000, Mary Gardiner wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2007, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> > (b) If one does come up with a satisfyingly scathing retort at the
> > time, one then feels bad afterwards, for not treating the person like
> > a human being, but an object.
> 
> Snappy comebacks are a weapon. It's true that it's at best mean and at
> worst rather evil to use weapons on people indescriminately, but I think
> comebacks have a use in situations where another person is treating me
> as an object. In an ideal world, I wouldn't treat other people like
> objects, but in situations where they treat me like one, I feel it's
> important to defend myself against them and break the power they're
> trying to establish over me.

I guess it depends on whether the person in question is an enemy or
someone one has to work with.  Whether it is better to parry or wound
with this weapon.

Kathryn Andersen
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