Thread:WillTheArthurandBusterFan5050/@comment-26056985-20150201220350/@comment-24669562-20150202004454

Dear Wikiater,

I read your response on my wall and on episode page and let's clear some things up if possible.

First, I'm sorry I upset you or anyone else, I really am. I was not trying to offend you or anyone else and I didn't mean to be rude.

And I guess you're right, Buster would be upset if he saw my message, and I admit I probably would be too if someone said that to me. And I know what it's like to hear things you don't want to hear and I've reacted negatively to things, only to suffer some consequences. I mean two years ago my mother told me something I didn't want to hear and I said something really stupid to her and it made her cry (I'm NOT going to say it so nobody ask me.) And right now, I'm trying to work on not reacting negatively to things I don't like to hear, in fact I'm probably always going to work on that as long as I'm alive. I may fail every now and then but I need to keep working at it.

Still, I cannot and will not condone what Buster did even if he is one of my favorite characters. I did not like that, and it's not just Buster, any character who stole would have made me upset. I believe in the old saying "Thou shalt not steal," and I believe that there is absolutely no basis for stealing, even if you are poor. I won't expect you to believe this and I won't force you to, I'm not going to try to, this is what I was taught and I agree with it. And I'm sorry but Buster deserved what he got. I don't like that he went through what he went through but he shouldn't have stolen the toy no matter how much he wanted it. He should have been more patient and waited until he had enough money or waited for his mother to buy it for him. If he hadn't stolen that toy, he wouldn't have suffered the consequences for what he'd suffered.

Plus, how would you feel if Buster stole something from you? Think about that. Or what if you worked at Jim's Drug Store, or were the owner and Buster stole from you, how would that make you feel?

If Buster stole anything from me for whatever reason, I'd be hurt and I'd be really upset with him. I wouldn't hate him but I'd be real upset with him. And if he was really sorry for what he did, I'd forgive him.

And if Buster did get upset with me, that's fine, I cannot control how people feel about what they see, hear, or whatever. Like I said, I don't enjoy being told things I don't want to hear and I'm very sure you're the same, but sometimes we have to hear things we don't want to hear and have to be told things we don't want to be told. And we cannot control what other people say to us or do to us or what or how people think about us, but we can choose how we react to it. And we have to try to control our actions.

If I wasn't as smart as I was, and I read this, I probably would have sounded more aggressive to you. I could have done that, but I'm not going to because:

-It's Rude and would be wrong of me

-It wouldn't solve anything

-It would potentially lead to a fight

And I learned something a few years ago from watching "World's Strictest Parents," which I don't watch anymore but this is what I learned: You can choose your actions but you cannot choose your consequences. And I'll admit I chose to leave the message I left and maybe I shouldn't have left that message, but I didn't choose my consequence, which was receiving your messages.

Like I said, I was not trying to be rude, that was not my intent and I'm sorry I upset you or anyone else. And I don't want to fight or argue about this, and if I already did, I don't want to argue any further about this. I don't like fighting with or arguing with absolutely anyone, and I could have easily just ignored this message, and probably should have, but I decided to respond to it, and I hope this eases your mind a bit. I don't like rudeness myself and if people are rude to me, the best thing for me to do is to just ignore them. Or respond as nicely as I can. But it's not worth my time or energy or dignity or integrity to fight or argue with anyone or be disrespectful to anyone. And fighting back not only will not solve anything but it will also lead to more trouble and add fuel to the fire and cause a vicious circle and leave scars, maybe not always physical but will emotionally. Like I said, we cannot control what people say or do to us or how people think about us, but we can control how we respond to it and I'm choosing not to say rude things to you, at least I'm not trying to, I'm instead reacting as nicely as I can to this but being firm.

I'll tell you this much, you are entitled to your feelings and to your opinion, so is everyone else. It's not my job to dictate what anyone other than myself does. I mean I didn't like the messages you left, but I understand why you left them, and maybe some of what I'm saying is wrong.

Again, I didn't mean to upset you or anyone else, and I should try to be careful what I say to anyone anywhere I go. If I was wrong, I didn't mean to be and I'm sorry. But I'm sticking by what I said.

If we have to, let's please just agree to disagree and leave it at that. And I hope in the future I don't do anything to upset you or anyone else.

I do hope you'll feel better and I hope you have a great rest of your day. May peace be upon you.