You are of course correct .
In these modern times of heightend sensitivity where upset and umbrage are all too easily suffered by all and sundry I should have been much less brutally frank with the lad and I am angry with myself at my lack of tact .
He , by his own admission and word , is debilitated and scared for his future at the daunting thought of Great Britain having to make its own way in the world, I assure you that I do respect that there are many people like that in the UK.
So to that end ,in the future on any OOF forum I pledge to be more cautious in my retorts to minimise any upset to any single person, persons or group , in this particular case ,a remainer .
I really should have known better than to suggest what I did .
I have to say the threat of being expelled from an assemblage does make one contemplate but is Uh , strangly invigorating .
I therefore bow to your impartial and subjective authority.
Hey, as you well know, I like a bit of banter. And I don't believe in this modern crap of no-such-thing-as-losers and so on. And your sarcasm made me chuckle
There are light hearted, jovial insults we all throw at each other, and ones that come across as aggressive and purposely designed to cause offence. So recent ones on here appear to be in that latter category. Its not always easy to tell when there is no body language to see, or eye contact, so me and the other mods have to deal with what we have. And I'd bet every one of them is neutral in any decision around the forum, irrespective of their own personal beliefs - that's why we are all long term mods, because we are bloody good at what we do here.
The original threat stands. Hope that's clear.