#14, RE: Sure, I'll make the first comment...
Posted by remande on Sep-23-01 at 10:18 PM
In response to message #6
>> In this vein, they sat across the table on the sidewalk by the >>rue de Rivoli for almost two hours and argued. They didn't fight - >>they -argued-, after the ancient Greek fashion, taking opposing >>viewpoints and defending them with wit and courtesy. > >Am I the only one who finds this to be a difficult art to sustain? So >few people seem to be able to debate aggressively without letting it >get personal. It's done all the time. Get a bunch of geeks together, and watch them hash something out. A software house where they can't do this is in deep kimshi. Of course, they do things slightly differently. They declare "holy wars" but make it clear that they are mock holy wars. --rR
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