[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Packet radio and foul language



On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 02:00 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 03:41:09PM +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 on this list is hardly the path of least resistance.

I think he's referring to people who "go along to get along".  
AKA "don't do anything to break the rice bowl".

-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA

"Never hate your enemies...it will cloud your thinking."
Michael Corleon, Godfather III



Reply to: