I’ve noticed in corporate HR rules that what other people might feel is more important than what is actually said or done. If someone thinks somebody else might be embarrassed or insulted, that’s as important as if that person says he’s embarrassed or not embarrassed or insulted. If the object of the discussion even says he doesn’t care about x or y but an uninvolved third party thinks he should, then that counts too. It’s crazy.
In other words, the rules are written so they can “prosecute” whether somebody was insulted or not. It doesn’t matter what the supposedly insulted person says.
These rules read just like the gobbledygook you just read above.
Adolescent culture has no interest in truth, only perception.
It might be best if we ban talking altogether. /s
Pope Benedict called this “moral relativism” and he called it the greatest scourge of our times.