The believer, in actuality, gets much more defensive, because they can not substantiate their claims, and
feels offended because he is backed by many other delusional beings, thus wants the non-believer to surrender.
La Bella, I hope you don't
feel offended because i did not want to offend you.
Disclaimer: the following are my own views, I apologise if
you feel offended because you feel you pull off this particular trend.
Some people looove to
feel offended because it makes them feel important.
Not exact matches
Administration officials have been reluctant to discuss psychological factors in the case, in part
because they fear
offending or antagonizing the stricken diplomats (many of whom already
feel badly treated by the State Department leadership).
So we stopped; it was hard, but I am glad we did it
because it was not comfortable to do something against conscience, and it was humiliating to
feel I was just doing it to avoid
offending family and friends.
Some older people were
offended by the latest effort at revision of the Book of Common Prayer,
feeling that
because they would not live to use the new prayer book, their opinions were likely to be discounted.
What works for you might not work for someone else... quite frankly, I almost
feel offended that you seem to think you have all the answers and that you're so willing to box others out simply
because they don't fall into your line of belief.
If Billy thinks its a cult, then he should have stuck to it, rather then change his
feelings about it,
because it might
offend some one.
But I suppose it's probably impossible to not
feel offended when we're transitioning between stages
because we are being pulled from both directions.
He is also doing things that will make folks like you that seem so
offended not
feel like you are an outcast
because of your beliefs.
Being
offended by anything she said — particularly
because she was SO nice and very explanatory as to why she
feels like she does — is a waste of your time... and you're welcome to waste your time as you choose.
Recently, I read an article in a sport paper whereby the writer of the story advised that Arsenal should let Cazorla go
because of the persistent injuries he seems to be acquiring every season and I
felt offended!
I honestly don't ask this to bring up bad
feelings, but
because it has been my experience that many doctors either aren't aware of this, or don't advise new mothers about it for fear of
offending them.
I won't tell you the name
because I don't want to
offend anyone, but it's something that she
feels isn't unique enough.
We hate
offending people.We just have no idea why its happeneing, even when someone explains it to us, so we withdraw
because it
feels so hopeless to keep trying.
I certainly don't and I
felt personally
offended, as if the song was trying to demote me of my motherhood
because my first pregnancy miscarried.
In a study led by John Phillips at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, some doctors did not want to offer the test
because they dis - agreed with abortion, or did not want to
offend patients who
felt this way.
He smiled and introduced me to the TRITON (I was really
offended at first
because I thought he said TITAN) and for $ 44.95 plus tax, I was back on the road
feeling a lot safer and definitely a little more hip.
I
feel so
offended I even have to do this
because I'm the only one who has ever taken care of it.
This might be why the eventual conclusion of the Mass Effect series
felt constraining to so many who played it:
because players believed their branching storylines would culminate in a truly unique final outcome, they were shocked — even
offended — to reach a climax that funneled them into a definitive, conveniently color - coded set of endpoints.
Seriously, there's nothing I hate more than if someone would buy (or like) a shirt only
because there's only 200 of them (and thus
feel offended by a more numerous edition)!
Discussing with you guys is fun and all, but you interpreting «old, angry white guy stereotype» as racist and Kenneth claiming to
feel offended by the word «denier»
because of the Holocaust, is an interesting strategy to shut up opponents.
But,
because disputants can discontinue mediation the moment they
feel offended, we must speak these discomforting truths with supreme levels of skill and persuasion.
The consequence of these choices are that they
feel pressured by the culture of the legal community to avoid advocacy
because to do otherwise may inadvertently
offend colleagues and partners from more privileged and insulated backgrounds.
It frankly
offends me that you cry foul
because you
feel your right to run a «legitimate business» established on everyone's else's efforts are infringed.