SINGAPORE: Tactless remarks cloaked in concern

Excuse me, is that a foot in your mouth? Straightforward taunts are nasty, but tactless words which come cloaked with a smile - oh, just joking, oh, just concerned - are nearly as bad. And then there are tactless words which come with contrition and are cloaked as clarification.

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