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Re: what I recently heard

Subject: Re: what I recently heard
From: Jan Henning <henning -at- r-l -dot- de>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:35:29 +0100

i recently heard someone say the following:

"I'd almost rather have it [the content of docs] be consistent and be wrong, than to have documents that aren't consistent."

i didn't really know how to respond to this. I was kind of dumbfounded actually. What's a good way to respond to such a statement?

How about asking him/her for the reasons for this opinion? I found that asking is rarlely wrong: You give yourself the opportunity to learn more about the issue at hand before committing yourself to an opinion. At the same time, you give your interlocutor a chance to retract what may have been a thoughtless statement without making him (or her, but this is usually more of a problem for men) seem to lose face by 'giving in' to you.

Regards
Jan Henning

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References:
what I recently heard: From: Sean Hower

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