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Comment author: CaveJohnson 27 August 2011 02:17:13PM *  2 points [-]

While the example is basically correct, I fear it might kill more minds than enlighten then.

By doing this you basically force breach a compartment in someone's mind. While of course a well intentioned person might hope this would motivate them to fix the leak and clear the water out of the flooded compartment, it might however just help sink the ship a little bit more, by making another part of their cognitive tool kit "dangerous" to use.

Browsing through your comment history, there are some comments I disagree with and some I agree with, and certainly the same would be true for you if you looked at my commenting style. I really don't wish to brag, since my style is far from perfect, but perhaps dare I say my approach may be slightly more productive? Though naturally if no commenter's with your style ever appeared I may find myself under overwhelming scrutiny and need to be quieter on some of my contrarian stances.