notclay, I apologise if you considered me to be overly pedantic, but I think that language is important in all aspects of life, not just in online messageboard debates.
I appreciate you elaborating, and hope that in future, at least when talking to me, you are more careful about what you say, and make sure it is what you mean (I don't mean this to sound antagonistic, please don't interpret it as such).
My point is that handling life's challenges with dignity and class is an entirely rational and logical response. Anger is anything but. Also I have found anger to be very context specific, some things get me angry others don't and the situation in which I find myself affects how angry I can become.
I understand your point about people who think that "they deserve a strike" and I think people who aren't very good have no real justification for getting angry. However, people's anger (and this is from my own experience) is internally calibrated. Again, you're falling into the trap of mindreading, or at least attempting it. You're assuming that what you think is angering someone is what is actually angering them. You might be right, you might be wrong, but it's going to be impossible to tell.
I realise that you don't want to see adults behaving childishly, however, you also have no control over them, if they lose their temper but don't actually hit anything, would you view that any differently?
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