josephusminimus
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Ravensoracle: It ain't a big deal. You're probably a nice, well intended person trying to be helpful, though with perhaps a more forceful and authoritative use of language than necessary.<BR><BR>Although we're all born with a particular level of unintelligence and it isn't something we earned so much as something we're stuck with, the word 'stupid' has come to have negative connotations in the minds of a lot of us. I'm certainly stupid, myself, and some of the finest most upstanding people I've ever known were stupid. While some of the sorriest I've ever known were genius-level intellects.<BR><BR>So I'm probably more sensitive than I should be when I see the word stupid used in a negative context, or as a pejorative.<BR><BR>I apologize if I've offended you in any way, or misinterpreted any of your remarks because of my own human failings.<BR><BR>Good cheer to you.<BR><BR>