Re: politeness in posting

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Tue May 15 2001 - 22:03:38 MDT

>"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!

Damien Broderick

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Mon May 28 2001 - 10:00:05 MDT