From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 06:59:17 MDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Daniel Crocker
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 4:50 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: Personal Attacks (was Re: ECONOMICS: Reality bites)
>
> Diplomacy is not my strong suit,
> as many here already know. I personally find such
> strained, evasive, dancing-around-the-issue talk to
> be /more/ offensive than simple direct statements of
> opinion, even harsh ones, but I suppose that's just me.
Lee, I didn't read much of the thread here a few weeks back that seemed
to have as its subject your online manners, so I'm probably re-hashing
old ground here, but what if "diplomacy" and "dancing-around-the-issue
talk" is like waiting your turn in line -- just something that is
sometimes annoying, but necessary as "social lubricant" to keep things
more efficient and livable on an over-all basis? I myself am
notoriously impatient (just ask my wife), but most of the time I'm able
to contain my irritation with people ahead of me in line who fumble with
their check book, chat too long with the cashier or otherwise SLOW ME
DOWN! Maybe I'd get out of the store more quickly on some occasions if
I muttered audibly, "move it along, blockhead!", but in the long run,
I'd probably get less of what I want, even if I didn't care that
everyone within earshot would think I was a jerk.
Greg Burch
Vice-President, Extropy Institute
http://www.gregburch.net
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