On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 02:00 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 03:41:09PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 12:43:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Manners/politeness is social lubricant. It makes society run > > > smoother and less violently. > > I'm pretty sure that people who always take the path of least > > resistance are *precisely* how the world got so fucked up in the first > > place. > > Being polite on this list is hardly the path of least resistance.
I think he's referring to people who "go along to get along". AKA "don't do anything to break the rice bowl". -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "Never hate your enemies...it will cloud your thinking." Michael Corleon, Godfather III -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]