! 'Perceived Insults'

In the list of human indulgences, ‘perceived insults’ rank high in personal irresponsibility: it’s when you take offence on behalf of another whom you hadn’t spoken to, anyway, to ask them.. as for instance, insulting a teacher’s intelligence by suggesting that she has acted out of malice; or insulting a small child by suggesting that his name ‘Mohammed’ given him by his parents, is itself an insult to the Prophet; what a luxury for the holier-than-thou, the whited sepulcres, and those who use perceived victimisation by other faiths as a tool of their aggression… well, you get the drift…