cf xkcd 386

[ailbhe]

Someone on a mailing list near me, discussing Nollaig and Tadhg: "Illness doesn't make people commit terrible crimes."

Grant me the strength to butt out, please, please.

Comments

[barakta]

It isn't worth engaging with people being wrong on the Internet.

People do not understand such things until they have experienced something akin to it first or very close hand. Telling them won't change it.

Wishing you strength.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Time spent attempting to educate offensively ignorant people for free, is time wasted. One day they will understand, but it is fate that will explain it to them.

[ailbhe]

Praps I can just go and bite them.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

You might catch stupid disease from them if you did. That would be very bad.

[batswing.livejournal.com]

You need to stay away from it sweetie. People are ignorant and say awful awful things but your own well-being means keeping away. Getting involved will only hurt you and make them more self-righteous.

(Cocks).

I hope they never realise how very very wrong they are and how devastating mental illness can be.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

You're a kinder person than I am; I really hope they *do*.

[batswing.livejournal.com]

Well the evil side of me does. :) The other side realises it's something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

[pauamma]

*blink* Er, yeah. Time to back off before you're tempted to educate them with a chainsaw, as others suggested in milder terms.

[ailbhe]

Ah, now they say I shouldn't admit ever having felt infanticidal myself. I am no longer responding and deleting emails on arrival, so only seeing their mails in others' responses. I have enough to worry about feeling ashamed of things I actually did do, not to mind things I thought about (for some insane value of thought) and chose not to.

[cabbagemedley.livejournal.com]

Getting embroiled would be hideous. Don't do it to yourself. You know what's true, and this unspeakable moron's opinion is irrelevant.