Do you take back what you say if you intentionally made an unsound judgement?

As I walked to the SUV with fellow soldiers, I stated that the Ford Pickup was a P.O.S. and as a woman glancing at us was having a pull of her cigarette, it came to our attention that she was the owner. I felt a bit bad because when I said it, I meant it as a joke to the soldier who said it was what he wanted to purchase. She didn’t mind; but she did say “It’s all I have to drive.” My foot could not have been further down my throat.

IMO; We know that if we have nothing nice to say, not to say it at all; We also know to not hurt people’s feelings; We also know that our comments, aside from being opinions (99% of the time), are not only incorrect, but ridiculous at times.