Re: politeness in posting

From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Wed May 16 2001 - 06:13:21 MDT


>From: Lee Corbin <lcorbin@ricochet.net>

>Maybe there can be a list of phrases to avoid:

>1. "The flaw in your argument..."

>2. "Perhaps you've noticed..." (when it's something the
> person probably already knows)

>3. "That's a common misperception..." (about what someone
> just wrote)

>4. "*We* believe that ..." (when the speaker could possibly
> be read as belonging to an elite)

>5. "I used to think that too."

>and there are probably many more that can be found examining some
>email exchanges.

Calvin Rutstrum writes in "Paradise Below Zero" that Eskimos use
almost a third person reference, "somebody is hungry", "somebody
has done something wrong", "somebody is not very kind" to avoid
these conflicts.

Brian

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