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Comment author: Multiheaded 04 July 2012 09:13:42PM *  0 points [-]

I see, I see, but how much of that is mere pragmatism and how much is you rationalizing the virtue of politeness, which we've been raised with among other such ideology-related memes?

Comment author: [deleted] 04 July 2012 09:15:26PM 1 point [-]

If politeness = effectiveness, then where does the rationalization come into play?

And I don't mean politeness as a Trojan horse for avoidance and euphemism.