Dillon does not have the ability to post messages. So this is straight from the horses ass. “Robin, I’ve just read your post. Forgive me for not possessing the elegance of college English and debate. This will inevitably be a post of short sentences and/or fragments, so for now, overlook grammar and such. Your whole argument came across as demeaning, and also condescending. I assume you didn’t want any of this coming across in this way, ["I’m mad, and I hope that doesn’t boil over into my argument, which I hope to be a pillar of reason in this whole stupid situation."] The reason for the previous statement was to shed light on how I interpreted it. Now to move on. You propose that you had two things concerning you, and I quote. ["You also cannot begin to pretend that whereupon entering my home without permission that your first priorities were a) ascertaining the safety of the animals, and b)making sure nothing was damaged. My reasoning is easily backed up."] Upon reading this statement, I immediately knew I had to post in my defense. My FIRST priority in ANY situation is the safety of ANY and ALL animals. As soon as Xack entered your house, I told him to watch the dog and the cat, for fear of them escaping. I even took initiative and blocked the path of the dog, who tried to scoot out of the door. By informing Xack about the safety of the animals, he immediately accepted responsibility and had the animals safety in his own mind. Once Xack was inside the house, I exited from the front door and called jeremiah and billy to move their cars. Upon exiting I had no knowledge that they were indeed going to tamper with your belongings. Something in which I had absolutely no intention of doing. How would I feel if someone set one of my video game controllers to fall about 7 feet to the floor. Once I left, this was the end of my participation in the fiasco. I have no way of knowing what else went on inside, as you have the same handicap. So in this assumption of MY first two priorities, you are indeed wrong. Now on to the next point of my post. I quote several lines in your argument that must be addressed. ["Just as I couldn’t count all of you to make sure no one was in my house earlier, I couldn’t count apologies."          "...and Dillon’s seemed to straddle the fence between apology and apathy."         "You did not all apologize, and the only people who got a laugh out of it was you (always plural). We did not want to have a good time, we requested to be left alone. The line that was crossed was done so by YOU."] I indeed did apologize for my participation in this tragedy, in doing so, they were given with my utmost sincerity. You claim I was “straddling the fence” between apology and apathy, people interpret things differently then others. All I can say is that I was definitely not being apathetic, I knew what we had done was severely wrong from the looks on Yours and Candace’s faces. But all that could have been done from that point on was apologize. The damage was done, there was no way of taking it all back. If you must hear it again, I am truely sorry for what was done. We had no intentions toward hurting you or anyone else in this matter. Whatever was done after the so called “final confrontation” where you asked for our apologies, was done out of spite and i’m convinced you did not really want an apology, but instead, revenge. This baffled me, why would you(plural) demand an apology, and then in turn call the police and such. I personally am hurt. You may not think my pain is valid, but that does not mean it doesn’t exist. Now on to the next quote I have stolen from your post. At no point during the “final confrontation” did I laugh in any way, shape, or form. I did not even smile. I knew this was serious, and I treated it as such. You say you have lost sleep over this matter, I too share in your discomfort. I did not sleep until around 5 am, I stayed awake thinking about this matter and how it could affect our tightly knit group of friends. I believe this is where I end my argument, if it can even be called that. I assure you, I am in no way trying to validate what we did. It was completely wrong, I am just trying to clear a few misconceptions you might have or have had of me. Again, I am very sorry, and I hope that this does not affect our friendship.
Lovingly, Dillon