Russell McMahon wrote: >>> That applies to >>> being willing to be insulted, as well as not insulting other people. >> Are you serious, or it was a lapse of reason?! > I'm serious, although it's a sort of ambiguous situation. Your ego should > be big enough to put forth your ideas because you think they're GOOD > ideas, and not fragile enough to be bothered particularly if someone calls > your > idea stupid. >What I would genuinely like to know is, how can the assertion above be >considered a lapse of reason. It SOUNDS like the ideal to me. What am I >missing? * >RM >* >[[At the risk of some people considering this "preachy" - it's more or less >how 'the boss' (no, not Bruce Springstein!) says it's meant to be done]] You are a nice person Russell, no doubts about it. I just think not everybody is up to your level of civilization. So, regargless of what the Boss said 2k ago I'm still kind of "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth" person. But I admire yours and William's standpoint. Best regards VV --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist