dansmith comments on A Suite of Pragmatic Considerations in Favor of Niceness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dansmith 07 January 2010 12:35:10AM 6 points [-]

On the other hand, people also often seem to think that a propensity to be nice to others entitles them to have an overly thin skin.

Comment author: bogus 07 January 2010 01:07:11AM 4 points [-]

Yes, of course. And this is a problem in some debate fora, where politeness is expected and enforced. But being easily offended is not going to be a successful strategy here at LW.