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Subject:Re: I just experienced the coolest thing From:cpwinter -at- rahul -dot- net To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:27:32 -0800
On 9 Jan 2003, at 13:06, Andrew Plato wrote (in part):
>
> You don't impress people by being rude and righteous. You impress them with
> a solid understanding of the issues and the ability to rise above petty
> personality differences.
>
I'd qualify that somewhat: You don't impress people by being rude and
righteous -- unless they themselves are rude and righteous types.
IOW, while "Come, let us reason together" is the best policy, it is not
universally effective.
Chris
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