On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 +0000 Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
wrote:
Trying to talk to people without referring to people directly makes
things
unnecessarily difficult. Avoiding making individuals the focus of a
thread
is both more obnoxious, and easier to avoid without causing problems.
Is it really significantly more obnoxious? At least it means you have
to concentrate on the topic and "play the ball, not the man", which
some have trouble with. Beyond that, it doesn't seem a particularly
difficult task.
(And anyway, the "you" from my mail quoted above is an impersonal you,
synonymous with "one", so isn't on point for your complaint.)
They're indistinguishable and that's part of the problem when you
reply using it. It's very easy (natural?) to read them as accusations
about the quoted author.
Hah, me trying to explain how not to be offensive in email, without
the aid of (much) medication. When do the horsemen arrive?
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