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nigelswift Sep 6, 2012 11:25:10

Replying to Mustard

Of course I have broken rules. So I flouted them. Look it up - flout - To show contempt for; scorn.

So please, flout is NOT "emotive and loaded language that misrepresents the views of others" nor is it "a low tactic and quite rude". It is a precise description.

(We could carry this on for ages yet if I wasnt going out but it would never allow either of us to escape from the accusation that when we break rules we flout them. In addition, IMO, doing so has an ultimately detrimental effect on others.)

Mustard Sep 6, 2012 11:31:59

Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:

Of course I have broken rules. So I flouted them. Look it up - flout - To show contempt for; scorn.

So please, flout is NOT "emotive and loaded language that misrepresents the views of others" nor is it "a low tactic and quite rude". It is a precise description.

Well YOU may have contempt and scorn for rules, but I don't. I respect the reasons why they exist. I simply don't believe (getting bored of saying this now!) that they need to be blindly adhered to on every occasion and in every circumstance. So to say that I "flout" rules, and thereby that have I have "scorn and contempt" for them is both rude and inaccurate. Please don't put words into my mouth and misrepresent my position.