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santos@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp (Rafael &) writes:

>In article <2041@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:

>   Dave>Rafael>THIS IS NOT A FLAME: I am against nothing related to creations
>   Dave>Rafael> of newsgroups.
>   Dave>
>   Dave>I haven't taken anything you've said as a (possible) flame.

>Well, the idea is that I do not wnat to flame nobody, and I want to make it
>clear.

Yes, I understand. Sometimes it's not enough to just use reasonable
words. FYI, I used "THIS IS NOT A FLAME (tm)" on a post elsewhere
today. 

>   Dave>But, non-seriously, I think that "THIS IS NOT A FLAME (tm)" reads
>   Dave>better.  Or maybe in a footnote like in manuals, "THIS IS NOT A
>   Dave>FLAME is a registered trademark of NoBlame-NoFlame International"

>OK, net-people, from now on, you can use "THIS IS NOT A FLAME (tm)" as long
>you use the (tm). Maybe somebody can translate it in Japanese ?
>"$@$3$l(J $@$O(J $@%U%i%a(J $@$8$c$J$/$F(J (tm)" ?

>:) :) :) :)

Yeah, pretty funny! But seriously, I think there are other phrases
that can sometimes help as well, like, "Uhhh, I really hate to tell
you this but ..." or "Correct me if I'm wrong but ..." I call them
'softeners'. 

Dave

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