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Originally Posted by 08marsh

I don't like her but she has a good point which he kept glossing over.

She wasn't asking why he was irritated by her or what she'd done, she knew, she was asking why he didn't say it to her instead of pretending everything was fine.

He says it was because he didn't know her at that point, but that didn't stop him venting in the diary room etc so that excuse doesn't wash.

Lionel's just extremely hypocritical and I think sometimes forgot that people saw everything as evidenced with the whole chocolate thing where it was entirely Luisa's fault and he took no blame once the punishments came out.

The whole "say everything to everyone's face" spiel is a fallacy purported by rude people unable to keep their own counsel and constantly seeking conflict and drama, so as to make their high-expressed-emotion and rudeness the social norm, instead of finding a more mature ground of diplomacy, where people live and let live despite detesting aspects of one anothers' characters. If I cannot stand someone, I do not HAVE to tell them a damned thing. I owe them nothing and I have better things to do with my time than debate who is wrong/right. I may greatly enjoy slating them to a close friend or may offer my opinion if asked, but if they demand I demean myself by being rude and arguing as this is what they enjoy, they can **** right off.

Simples.