[governance] Rudeness tectics (was Re: Reinstate the Vote)

Norbert Bollow nb at bollow.ch
Sat Nov 24 04:08:47 EST 2007


Kieren McCarthy <kierenmccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:

> > i think defining rudeness will be as difficult as defining morality.
>
> I would define rudeness in the context that I was complaining about as:
> 
>  
> 
> "The deliberate use of provocative language intended to irritate or annoy an
> individual; ascribing negative connotations to an individual without
> evidence or reasoned analysis; mockery or dismissal of someone's else's
> honestly held viewpoint."


Sounds like a quite good enough definition to me.

Now that the problem has been defined, can we proceed to discussing
what can be done about it?

Greetings,
Norbert.


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Working on establishing a non-corrupt and
truly /open/ international standards organization  http://OpenISO.org
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