--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If you ask a question that has a LITERAL meaning that you didn't > > intend, > >> someone here WILL take it literally and call you on it, one way or > > another. > > > > > > If only I believed that were true. Based on Nick's reaction, its my > > guess that he would respond "but I don't know the President, and he's > > never going to ask anyone for advice, least of all me...." > > > > I guess that some people would just much rather get in their partisan > > digs than have a serious discussion.... *shrug* > > Well, give it a try. Before you hit "send", look over the message and > ask yourself, "What am I REALLY asking, and does this ask something else > that can be used to weasel out of my intended question?" If you start > asking questions that can't be taken more than one way, then you might > actually get the sort of answers you're looking for. > > (And if you want a check on anything before sending it to the list, I'm > willing to look things over and point out potential flaws that you can > correct before things are sent out to the world at large. I'm sure > there are a couple of other people here willing to do the same thing -- > Dan M. would be very good at it, if he were interested, just frex.)
Thanks for the suggestion, but I have so many other things that I can do with my time, that trying to write a post that is literalist-proof ranks pretty low on that list these days..... JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
