Re: politeness in posting

From: Al Billings (memoria@memoria.com)
Date: Wed May 16 2001 - 14:53:42 MDT


 The drunk and the lech. Yes, they are quite a pair.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Jones" <djones@xcor.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: politeness in posting

> Damien Broderick wrote:
> >
> > >"The tactful way," Rod said quietly, "the polite way to disagree with
the
> > >Senator would be to say, 'That turns out not to be the case.'"
> > >
> > > -- "The Mote in God's Eye", Larry Niven and J.E. Pournelle
> >
> > I love the idea of citing Dr Pournelle as a guide to tact. Ah, this
list!
> > What a treat!
>
>
> In case ya hadn't noticed, Rod's advice to Renner was humor- but having
> met Jerry several times, I have to admit he does the crotchety old man
> schtick pretty darned well. Larry Niven, on the other hand, is just as
> irreverent and wiseass as Kevin Renner. On the gripping hand, Niven &
> Pournelle work very well together.
>
> Doug Jones
>



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