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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: unclewest who wrote (111439)4/27/2005 3:05:15 PM
From: Lane3   of 793931
 
Read back, see who owns the digs.

That's just my point about your presumption of conflict. What digs?

I kept offering you ways to let yourself off the hook gracefully.

I offered that you just hadn't noticed that the timing of the event didn't meet the print issue deadlines.
I offered that you had just neglected to look at CNN, the leading source for breaking international news.
I offered that you had just used web google for your news rather than the more effective google news.
I offered that you had just popped off, which was no big deal.
I offered you a simple closeout on the colloquy based on fixed mindset.
I offered that what you were really upset about was that Bush wasn't credited and that your stated complaint was just a proxy for your real complaint.

All these ways I offered a hand and you could have taken it easily. As in "yeah, I forgot about that" or "yeah, I take your point."

The essence of insanity is an inability to get along with others. At least one of us is nuts.

In my world, letting people off the hook when they're hanging out there is part of getting along with people--it's what nice people do. Rejecting the proffered hand, OTOH, seems like a predisposition for conflict. (Notice I didn't say "nuts" because that might be considered a dig. <g> )
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