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It was an "assault for the home owner to give the dog droppings to the owner who illegibly left them on his property?

Oh come on..really? Your guest playing the "assault" card for some one who is well, well, within their legal rights is absurdest at best and a plain example of polite pandering at worst.

Being polite is often a guise for passive aggressiveness of the worst kind.

The dog owner knowingly left dog pewp on the home owners lawn with out any thought to clean it up, she admits this freely. If anyone was "assaulted" it was the home owners lawn.

There is a line, not even so fine, betweeen politeness and passive aggressiveness, your guests examples of smiling during an encounter yet tossing accusations over the radio seems to speak to that more than to any sainted nature of being polite.

Being truthful, now that is a civilizing force.

-tomhiggins
SE Portland

posted 4 years, 11 months ago
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