Put like that (I don't think I've seen it expressed that clearly anywhere else) I have to agree completely, and it's not just on that subject. It's a basis, possibly the only workable basis, for any communication, to take as a premise that the other person is rational, not stupid, and wants to communicate. If they don't, well, that's their choice, but by starting with the assumption that they are 'bad', 'stupid', 'evil', or whatever, it fails before it begins.
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Date: 2008-12-23 02:45 pm (UTC)Thank you for that, and Happy Christmas!