On 2/13/06, Geoff Burling lywrch@agora.rdrop.com wrote:
While that is probably the mature thing to do, I've found that there is a psychological cost to constantly running away from fights. And that leads to the impulsive decision to stay & get involved in some truly stupid fights over content. I tell myself that I'm following my strategy -- even if I end up following Steve's -- in the hope my ego won't see it as a retreat.
It depneds how you look at it. By completely abandoning one article to the stubborn, I can do some productive work on ten others.
Sort of like how a politician can spend all day arguing with one person who probably won't vote for them anyway, or spend it talking to 100 undecideds.
Steve