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Comment by edoceo | Hacker News Reader

It's not offensive. But you were offended.

Big difference.

Actually, I also found grandparent's (bunnyfoofoo) tone offensive. It's borderline derogatory, since it disregards the situation of the original author in many levels, plus everyone fixates on the wrong point.

UPnP has its security implications, but it doesn't mean that random appliances can just open ports through it without any settings whatsoever.

Everybody has the freedom to have opinions and free to express them, however we shouldn't disregard other person's situation while expressing our opinion. Talking about theoretical best practices is always easy in a vacuum.

Addendum: I want to congratulate bunny for trying to learn from his/her mistakes, for being honest and sincere. I wanted to leave it here since there's no other way to contact. I also made a lot of mistakes and HN taught me how to discuss this stuff, so you're at the right place.

I'm wondering what definition of the word "offensive" you're using.

To be very exact, being offended is a choice, in that nobody can offend you if you don't let them. You can always choose to not take offense. (The statement in question does seem rude and dismissive to me, however.)

I believe the eminent feminist and humanitarian, Elanor Roosevelt, would have agreed with the fairness of your assessment.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/30/no-one-inferior/

Offensive as Rude.

Then @kn100 assigns to @bunnyfoofoo the offending behaviour.

It's the personal responsibility thing.

"I'm offended" vs "You're offensive".

I think it's pretty clear than the author believes he may have offended people with his statement, and is rephrasing in a more precise manner to avoid confusion.

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