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To: Dayuhan who wrote (1458)	8/27/1998 4:12:00 AM
From: Yamakita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

There are degrees of assholeness/assholity. "Attitude" connotes just minor assholity, with the potential to explode into full-blown assholity at any second. Seriously though, I don't think "in denial" is so offensive. It's a pretty pithy way of describing someone who refuses to accept information that has proven to be true. I think what bugs you is the tendency to overuse it, especially where it doesn't accurately apply, maybe? And get that period inside those quotes! Grammar with attitude.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (1458)	9/1/1998 1:23:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

I like you, Steve. You have attitude. <gnrf!> To me the modern catchall "attitude" need not denote bunghole-nature. While I suspect it is an ellipsis of the old malediction "a bad attitude", I'm wondering if it has grown beyond the strict pejorative intent. It can have a more benign meaning, sorta like "having an opinion and not being afraid to defend it". Often this becomes merely obstreperous, but every now and then it denotes the vanguard of an iconoclastic idea. Or something.