Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
On 18 Oct 2007 at 15:27:13 -0700, William Pietri
<william(a)scissor.com> wrote:
And in my opinion, we should always reach out to
the offended party or
community to at least make nice, and hopefully to work with them to the
extent possible.
"I'm not ready to make nice." -- Dixie Chicks
Yeah, some people won't be in that state to begin with. But I'd point
out that a lot of people -- the Dixie Chicks included -- end up in that
state only after what they see as long-running provocation. Whether
they're right or not, the sooner we break their perceived pattern, the
better.
As well, some people like conflict, and are eternally in the
will-not-make-nice state. The best solution I've found, short of calling
the police, is to be relentlessly friendly and upbeat. If they can't get
your goat and can't get you to fight back, they get bored and go bother
somebody else. Eventually.
William
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