I have no problem with paying 4k crowns for CE as long as it doesn't turn to something incredibly stupid like 100k for 100CE.

@tumle

I have no clue who you are talking about, but it's hilarious how angry you are.

@all, I think we should increase the price of CE...it should be closer to 7k crowns *waits for flamewar to ensue*

I know I shouldn't, but I can't help it. Someone is wrong on the internet, etc. I still have hope of reasonable debate.

"However my dear statement was totally condescending and I never denied it either. However, condescending and demeaning are NOT the same thing."

If you want to make a condescending statement, and you decide to use a gendered word to do it, you're going to sound sexist. Look at the most basic facts: You wanted to insult Anisoptera, and you did so by drawing attention to her gender. You can't state that you consider women to be equals BUT ALSO that referring to a woman's gender is an effective way to condescend to her (which you must believe on some level, or else why would you choose a gender reference to be condescending?)

I'm sure that wasn't your conscious intention. I'm sure you just wanted a condescending word, and "dear" was the first thing to come to mind. But what does it say about you that, rather than picking a word which would attack her position or attitude or whatever, you chose to attack her gender?

Imagine if someone finished a response to an American with, "You were saying, Uncle Sam?" The obvious implication would be that the speaker has a low opinion of Americans. You achieve the same effect with "dear", or any other race / religion / gender / etc. reference. This really isn't up for debate, but feel free to give me an example of, "You were saying, [aspect of the person you're addressing]?" where the speaker isn't making a value judgement on that aspect.