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leadership527 -> RE: WHY NO POLITE RESPONSES??? (10/13/2008 10:39:15 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Icarys
I guess when it comes to this I'll attempt to overthrow the government. Not everything changes for the good and when it comes to things like this it isn't moving in a good direction.. The hat thing does sound kinda silly but being polite by the standards I was raised don't. Again you may have a different view but mine still state that you are wrong as I see it if you agree with the societal set internet standards.
The problem arises when how YOU were raised to be polite differs from how I was raised to be polite, somehow if we are to communicate meaningfully, there must be some sort of compromise. It's futile to think that you're going to change someone else's sense of such things. Personally, I try to adapt as much as I can to those I'm around. For the parts I cannot, I hope they'll be able to adapt to me. Going to the table, however, with the "my way or the highway" attitude is just one great big "fuck you" to everyone else -- the definition of impolite if you ask me.
Specifically, in this case, I try reply to all cmail sent to me because I understand that someone else might be inadvertently hurt by a lack of reply. But that only goes so far. I consider it incredibly rude for a virtual stranger to assume claims on my time or interest. Conveniently, I am not afflicted with weird cmails so following my own internal compass happens to be easy in this case. It is also true that I do not get responses to all the cmails I send out. I very consciously make nothing of it even when I might've preferred a response. Whenever possible, I try to meet people on their own terms rather than demand we meet on mine.
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