From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2010-02-12T02:50:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Exit method?

Seebs wrote:
> On 2010-02-11, Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@marnen.org> wrote:
>> Mason Kelsey wrote:
>>> Harsh and shock tactics seem to be universal solutions for problems that
>>> don't exist.
> 
>> The problem appeared to exist.  Nothing is to be gained from mincing 
>> words.
> 
> This is untrue.
> 
> If the goal is to cause someone's behavior to change, politeness is
> MUCH more effective than "shock tactics".
>

Agreed.  And I really don't think I was impolite.

> If the goal is to hurt people while making them more convinced that 
> their
> behavior was fine and you're just mean, shock tactics work.  If the goal
> is to persuade people to appreciate your point, they don't.

"Shock tactics" was a poor choice of words on my part.  I suppose I 
should have said "putting things in a way that is less easy to ignore."

> 
> -s

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