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Re: Packet radio and foul language



On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 09:49:25AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 15:41 +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 12:43:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > Manners/politeness is social lubricant.  It makes society run 
> > > smoother and less violently.
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure that people who always take the path of least
> > resistance are *precisely* how the world got so fucked up in the first
> > place.
> 
> "Being polite" and "standing up for your beliefs" are not mutually
> exclusive.

That would depend on your beliefs. 'Honesty', for example.

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