Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141003002601/@comment-24891101-20141007203809

I concede that that was rather unnecessary, in hindsight. It was intended to be a hyperbolic rhetorical flourish, but I now perceive my hasty stroke has gone astray, as oft they do. I am cynical, yes, but I am at root an idealist; while I see human inhumanity, I suggest that for the vast majority of people, at most times they act neutrally, and only rarely descend into madness, on an individual basis. That is, most of the time, most people are acting benignly.

I likewise acknowledge your elaborations on your points. I would posit, as a general principle, that the social obligation stems from the friendship, and not from the the revelation of the crush; in this case, they are highly convolved, and difficult to separate, but I attribute them to distinct sources, which are not wholly independent.