Anyone who suggests "I let my emotions get the better of me", which is little more than an "I lost control" argument, is suggesting they lacked the ability to stop themselves. My point isn't that his statement was or wasn't emotionally driven, nor was that his point either. It was that he lost control, which when it comes to text is a steaming load of bullshit. There's a hell of a lot more thought that goes into typing than what goes into verbally saying something.

Basically, it's pretty easy to let a "fuck you" out when talking. It's far harder to defend when you're behind a keyboard and have the time to type something out and the ability to review what you've typed before you send it. Do mistakes happen? Sure, that's typos, grammatical errors, or similar formatting problems. But it's not shit like "fuck you".