So we never rant because we may hurt someone? Are we going to have to preface every honest outburst of rage and pain with "You guys know I don't mean you or anyone you know or anyone you may have known and love or may know and love?" I thought that was understood. I thought that's what Buffistas, and most specifically Bitches, was for.

So we never rant because we may hurt someone? Are we going to have to preface every honest outburst of rage and pain with "You guys know I don't mean you or anyone you know or anyone you may have known and love or may know and love?" I thought that was understood. I thought that's what Buffistas, and most specifically Bitches, was for.

That's basically what I was about to post, Connie. Isn't it understood that a rant -- hell, basically any post -- is an opinion, not statement of fact on How The World Is, since we none of us are King or Queen of the world?

t ahem.

Come, now! I didn't say that none of us are the *Empress*!

I'm not that foolhardy.

since we none of us are King or Queen of the world?

Not yet anyhow.

Come, now! I didn't say that none of us are the *Empress*!

You did indeed qualify that. My over-inflated ego thanks you.

So some people's hurt is more legit than others'? I think we can rant, but I also think we can recognize when we hit someone we care about with the shotgun blast.

we can recognize when we hit someone we care about with the shotgun blast.

Such as saying "No one I know has ever been a jerkass, incompetent doctor, how dare you vent your fear and frustration on doctors"?

No, as in, "I have legitimate issues, and in going on an exaggerated rant about it, I hurt some of my friends, and I'm sorry."

an exaggerated rant

Please define when expressing a long-standing fear of doctors that cripples one's willingness to get needed treatment becomes exaggerated. A list of acceptable metaphors, adjectives, adverbs, and similes would be appreciated.