On Feb 20, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Dan M wrote: > You posted to state that a significant fraction of my posts are rude > because > they are long.
And you wonder why few people seem to want to engage you in intelligent, polite discourse? Seriously, Dan -- arguing in good faith, avoiding strawmanning and ad hominem, and staying clear of pedantic browbeating are going to get you considerably more favorable replies than the tone I've seen from you in this most recent set of threads. The sense I get (since you did originally ask) is that you *must* be right at all costs, damn the opposition -- and, since they're wrong anyway, they can be ignored. This might not be how you intend to come off onscreen, but that's how it reads to me at least. If it's so bloody important that it's worth discussing, you could at least concede you might not be entirely correct -- and whether you are or not, why is it so all-fired important to be right 100 percent of the time on *an internet discussion maillist*? -- \/\/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
