MovieChat Forums > General Discussion > Have you ever been kind and polite aroun...

Have you ever been kind and polite around anyone who was your enemy?


As in, you maybe didn't want to hurt them back or anything, and not just for legal and for that matter moral reasons, and is this normal and acceptable (well, latter one) and is that alright? Briefly speaking, thanks.

P.S. NOT ALWAYS, but on rare occasions, I may have been a little bit but at the same time...

reply

All the time. Kill them with kindness.

Seriously though, I don't have enemies, but if there are people who don't like me, I'm not going to waste time and energy being rude back to them. I'm not going to go out of my way to do them favours either, but I don't see a point in not being kind, or polite to anyone.

reply

Yeah, like sslssg, I don't think I have enemies.

But I'm British. I can sound like I'm being studiedly polite to you while insulting you in ways you won't cotton on to until you recall the conversation the next day. This is my heritage. Literally centuries of practice. We're world-leaders in subtle passive-aggression.

reply

Its how your lot turned India, etc., etc., into a wasteland - subtle digs & very sly indirect taunts. :)

reply

Yes. Hundreds of years of sailing around the globe and politely asking people if they'll give us their land and resources. And they usually did.

'Terribly pleasant, these British chaps... Oh, hold on a moment.'

'

reply

lol - I love the Brits. Back in the day, they basically put the whole gd world in their pocket - nothing ever like it, before or since.

reply

[deleted]

Like this: -
https://youtu.be/WhiKGO4RuO4?si=nar-XFLJ3hyflT_H&t=2m13s

reply

Indubitably. Quite so.

reply

Always. Especially if they're hostile.

It can drive people insane by just treating them really well.

reply

Yes, when that "enemy of my enemy is my friend."

reply

I don’t have enemies, I’m generally very friendly. However, if it was a home invasion situation or a fighting the Nazis sort of deal then no, absolutely NO kindness. Some ‘people’ deserve zero kindness.

I bet most people feel the same way.

reply

If they happen to be Nazis and home invaders, well the kindness score gets into the negative range for me.

reply

Exactly.
Kindness is a proper policy and I live by it, most people are decent.

reply

Nazi Homeraiders would be an excellent film title 🤣

reply

Heck yeah!
Sounds like something I’d watch👍

reply

The script writes itself 🤣

reply

Generally not. I'm not clever or devious enough to disguise my feelings, if contempt has been engendered. Cold reserve is probably the best I can offer.

reply

My sister sort of did this.
A friend of hers brought a mutual friend to my sister's house. During the conversation, my sister discovered this woman was married to a guy who used to beat on her and later served time for attacking someone else. My sister was very polite and did everything in her power to keep this person from finding out her maiden name.

Later on, when she told me the story I asked, did he show up? She said no and if he did, he'd never get in her house. In her words "Shit doesn't improve with age."

reply

He went to PRISON for it, was it that serious, and their guilt obvious, how was it proven, did the victim report them to the police and want them to be imprisoned for it? (In some assault however medium to small matters, it may be a fine and whatnot or just a telling off, but what was different here Paladin, also, did the person later get released (they didn't get 10 years or more for it, did they?), maybe apologized and promised never to do it again, did they also survive the prison conditions there? (As INEVITABLE as it is though SYSTEMATICALLY.)

reply

His prison sentence had nothing to do with my sister. We found out about it later. I'd rather not go into details about it, but he did commit the crime. He had already been released when the event I described above happened.

reply

MY boyfriends brothers girlfriends sister had a crush on him at the time. The first time i met her i politely said hello and she ignored me(didn't know at the time she liked him). Little things happened like she was flirting with him at a party,he eventually left me for her,she soon dumped him and he went jail for harassment, was a horrible time but they both got karma.

reply