On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 08:26:47PM +0000, Richard Baker wrote:
> Erik said:
>
> > You think stating a fact ("please pay attention if you want me to
> > reply to your questions") is rude.
>
> I think the quoted text is not, strictly speaking, a fact.
You are, of course, correct. The phrasing was, I thought, a slightly
gentler way of conveying the fact "I am unlikely to reply to your
questions in the future if you don't pay attention".
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Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
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