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Dear Oliver,

I haven’t seen either of them, but I can’t say I’m not intrigued by the idea of an American Western film whose plot is derived from a Japanese historical drama.  Their respective stories are from differing countries and eras, but it might prove interesting to see just how closely they resemble one another.

One can hardly expect either film to be quite as thrilling as the original, of course.  Gunfights tend to be over much sooner than sword fights.

Dear Oliver,

There’s a tough one.  On the one hand, Trucy wouldn’t have lost her father and had to settle for a makeshift one...

But on the other, she might never have met her estranged mother and half-brother, and I might never have met any of them.  In short, I’d be sacrificing some of the great things that happened just to prevent a few of the tragic ones.  I think I’ll leave destiny alone, if it’s all the same to you.

Dear Lawrio and Lawuigi,

I’m pretty sure none of my clients will trust anyone as... shady as you two.

Thank you! 

To me it is always important to show respect no matter what, because it is both polite and also in some cases can be used as an advantage to yourself, since flying off the handle tends to make you sound less credible. 

In addition, on a website like Tumblr, you don’t really know the other person. You don’t know their experiences and upbringing, so it’s inappropriate to make claims about them that could possibly be incorrect. Assumptions are fine in some cases, like in the case where you would assume the other person is white because PoC are very up in arms about fighting racism.