I don't find it offensive but very childish. I do think it is WAY over used and is just a dismissive statement when you have nothing else of importance or intelligence to say.
ComputerBreath wrote: I was thinking about this a lot more yesterday...
I know if I were a family member of the deceased or a survivor whose family were poisoned (whether voluntarily or involuntarily), I would feel pain and sadness each and every time I heard the saying.
And I'm very aware that what I say might hurt or cause pain to another, so I just don't do it. Especially because I've experienced a tragedy of my own.
I think the saying is used a little too liberally and as with a lot of sayings (Rule of Thumb being one), is said without thought to what it actually means or who it could hurt.
Same way I feel when people throw "retard" and "retarded" around. Reminds me of how much it hurts my cousin who IS retarded.
