"Peter Mackay" peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote in message news:20060130194249.DRNN10380.omta04sl.mx.bigpond.com@skyringstudy... [snip]
I know that we can't make people be nice, but I can't help feeling that if the culture changed a bit there would be positive feedback all along the line. Not a vicious circle, but I dunno, some happier name.
Opposite of "vicious circle" == "virtuous circle" IIRC
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