Well, all we have is Yvain’s paraphrase of what she said. And considering how much he piled on, and how he compared her to a much stupider suggestion, I think more caution was appropriate.
I don’t see what’s so creative about my “spin”; I frequently hear people use the term “take responsibility” as a euphemism for “take punishment”. E.g., “They should take responsibility for what they’ve done” = “they should receive the appropriate punishment”, not “they should privately admit to themselves that they could do better”.
Well, all we have is Yvain’s paraphrase of what she said. And considering how much he piled on, and how he compared her to a much stupider suggestion, I think more caution was appropriate.
I don’t see what’s so creative about my “spin”; I frequently hear people use the term “take responsibility” as a euphemism for “take punishment”. E.g., “They should take responsibility for what they’ve done” = “they should receive the appropriate punishment”, not “they should privately admit to themselves that they could do better”.