"It was an accident".

This is another 'high horse' one for me. As I posted at the time, the direction and look in Hawkins's eyes indicated otherwise to me. Maybe the damage was not intended, but the action was, I believe. And with that intent came the risk of the damage. Unless you are very clear about its target and its impact, within fairness, the rules and safety, a swinging arm is not on.

I'm glad May can see it (?) as he does; presuming Hawkins is the bloke May thinks he is, I'm thinking at least part of Hawkins's motivation to apologise was his recognition of a degree of malice in his action.

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

I'm glad May can see it (?) as he does; presuming Hawkins is the bloke May thinks he is, I'm thinking at least part of Hawkins's motivation to apologise was his recognition of a degree of malice in his action.

Confirmation bias.

Plenty of people say sorry for things that are accidents. It's what we do in a polite society.  

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26 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Confirmation bias.

Plenty of people say sorry for things that are accidents. It's what we do in a polite society.  

I've been married for so long ( 37 years) I apologise for things I haven't done yet.

21 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Confirmation bias.

Plenty of people say sorry for things that are accidents. It's what we do in a polite society.  

Having looked that up, I'll take that on the chin, Your Honour.

I did try to be balanced, given my starting point of a perception, and I did want to focus on swinging arms. Fail, though?

19 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

"It was an accident".

This is another 'high horse' one for me. As I posted at the time, the direction and look in Hawkins's eyes indicated otherwise to me. Maybe the damage was not intended, but the action was, I believe. And with that intent came the risk of the damage. Unless you are very clear about its target and its impact, within fairness, the rules and safety, a swinging arm is not on.

I'm glad May can see it (?) as he does; presuming Hawkins is the bloke May thinks he is, I'm thinking at least part of Hawkins's motivation to apologise was his recognition of a degree of malice in his action.

The 'high horse' was me, by the way - pejoratively, as in 'Get off your...' - not Stephen or Tom.

With 3 face-palm reactions (though I'm not quite clear what these are saying...) I think I now regret revealing my feelings.

Hurry up and be over, COVID.

19 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Having looked that up, I'll take that on the chin, Your Honour.

I did try to be balanced, given my starting point of a perception, and I did want to focus on swinging arms. Fail, though?

Well done, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew. Others may have been affronted and ascended their high horse. You've taken the more mature approach.

By Hawkins nature, he’s a bloke who would apologise for bumping into you, but he does have a nasty streak & I have no doubt the contact was intentional, while the result was not so.