"I didn't mean to hurt anyone"
This is kind of a short addendum to the previous post:
If you are unintentionally an ass,
and you intentionally avoid doing something about it,
you are intentionally an ass.
For those who don't extrapolate this, this also applies to things one intentionally perpetuates (e.g. "sorry, I was drunk" but continuing to drink). Any time you hand the keys of your life to that "unintentional thing that 'hijacks' your life," it's not really being hijacked, is it?
I used to know someone who nearly got raped because her guy friend "was hammered" and if she'd been asleep it would have happened. But he knows he gets bad when he's drunk. A friend of hers said something like, "At what point does the effort become worthwhile to NOT be a rapist?"
But it applies to any such situation. "I didn't mean to," is supposed to mean you're not an ass, and therefore there is nothing to avoid doing, because "Hey! I wasn't being an ass anyway."
If you are unintentionally an ass,
and you intentionally avoid doing something about it,
you are intentionally an ass.
For those who don't extrapolate this, this also applies to things one intentionally perpetuates (e.g. "sorry, I was drunk" but continuing to drink). Any time you hand the keys of your life to that "unintentional thing that 'hijacks' your life," it's not really being hijacked, is it?
I used to know someone who nearly got raped because her guy friend "was hammered" and if she'd been asleep it would have happened. But he knows he gets bad when he's drunk. A friend of hers said something like, "At what point does the effort become worthwhile to NOT be a rapist?"
But it applies to any such situation. "I didn't mean to," is supposed to mean you're not an ass, and therefore there is nothing to avoid doing, because "Hey! I wasn't being an ass anyway."