Posted by IsoM on March 9, 2002, at 20:27:58
In reply to Re: people ruining integrity of board » JohnX2, posted by Zo on March 9, 2002, at 19:58:39
"...tell someone they are being an ass whilst also remaining civil."
Not hard, Zo. Put yourself in the frame of mind of some haughtly British lord scolding a new, slightly retarded servant. Remain utterly cool & composed, precisely polite & 'speak' to them in that frame of 'voice'. Don't accuse them of anything, just humour them so to speak & the sarcasm will shine through although you've done everything correctly.
Oh, I shouldn't give ideas but when I had older, bigger brothers who could always badly beat me up, I learned to destroy with words & they could never go running to my Mom to complain. She never got it.
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