Quote Originally Posted by Issachar View Post
No more and no less.

People see the word "choice" and jump like ravenous hounds at fresh meat without trying to understand what the other person is trying to say. I used two words in direct proximity to one another and woke the hounds, and it was not my intent. Instead of going out for blood, ask for clarification. All you did was encourage a fistfight.
Or you could have some self-awareness and realize the phrase is used constantly in exactly the way everyone else took it and, oh I don't know, use a different phrasing?