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From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: New programming language for databases
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:49:19 +0100
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On 12/02/2012 02:51 PM, Arthur Ward wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>
>> You do not have to pretend to be polite.
>
> Who's being polite?
>
> Politeness *is* pretending.  Sincerity isn't politeness.

There is a difference between sincerity and disrespect.  Even if one 
does not agree or thinks suggested ideas are not worthwhile pursuing one 
can still communicate that in a respectful way.

In absence of sympathy politeness is not just pretending but expresses 
the notion that everybody is entitled to respectful treatment.

Regards

	robert