jdiebremse wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you ask a question that has a LITERAL meaning that you didn't
intend,
someone here WILL take it literally and call you on it, one way or
another.
If only I believed that were true. Based on Nick's reaction, its my
guess that he would respond "but I don't know the President, and he's
never going to ask anyone for advice, least of all me...."
I guess that some people would just much rather get in their partisan
digs than have a serious discussion.... *shrug*
Well, give it a try. Before you hit "send", look over the message and
ask yourself, "What am I REALLY asking, and does this ask something else
that can be used to weasel out of my intended question?" If you start
asking questions that can't be taken more than one way, then you might
actually get the sort of answers you're looking for.
(And if you want a check on anything before sending it to the list, I'm
willing to look things over and point out potential flaws that you can
correct before things are sent out to the world at large. I'm sure
there are a couple of other people here willing to do the same thing --
Dan M. would be very good at it, if he were interested, just frex.)
Julia
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