So, for those of you who are expert at giving negative rep, how to you respond to the following?
An explosion goes off in Boston, and people are sharing information about friends and family who might be injured, hoping they are all safe. Someone interjects that "hey, if someone gets hurt, life goes on, you have to get over it." Is there any rep at all that would suffice for expressing such a callous attitude in that particular setting?
I mean, usually you at least give people until after the funeral before you tell them to "get over it." and if you have any empathy and tact at all, even the slightest amount, you never tell anyone in that situation anything! at the very least, you offer support and make any comment indirectly, so it's not about that person...."other people in a similar situation try these things, do you think any of them might help you?"
This person never admits a mistake, no matter how egregious, and seems actually to enjoy receiving negative rep, and so my impulse is just to draw a picture of this person and stab it with scissors, since he is immune to friendly hints on what may or may not be appropriate at different times in different situations. "never try to teach a pig to sing, it frustrates you and annoys the pig."