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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (61766)10/9/2002 7:49:48 AM
From: Solon  Respond to of 82486
 
"why does one have to be genial in order not to be rude?"

It just is that way. If I am walking down the street and I don't particularly feel solicitous about a stranger in my path I always hit them with a baseball bat. If they are shamefully ignorant I hit them twice. If they've been drinking I hit them ten times. Its just a moral thing I have...



To: epicure who wrote (61766)10/9/2002 8:41:57 AM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 82486
 
I suppose, in limited circumstances, that one might be neutral. But coldness is generally experienced as an insult, and therefore, it is certainly safer to behave in a friendlier manner......


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