I’m enjoying the cerebral acrobatics. By us, we have an old yesod, if you say something to insult someone and he’s not insulted, its not an insult. By the same token, if you say it to insult him and he is insulted, it is an insult, whether it is an insult or not. If his being insulted is based on it being an insult, he should never be insulted, being a its not an insult until he is insulted. Accordingly, being as there is such a thing as an insult, which would be impossible if it would be dependent on the insult being an insult, we are forced to say that you can be insulted irrespective of whether or not its an insult. Therefore, it is an insult. Anyone following?
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