From: Alex Parker <parker.alex.e_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:49:49 +0200

Thomas Martitiz wrote:
> Am 14.06.2009 23:27, schrieb Dominik Riebeling:
>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Alex Parker<parker.alex.e_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thomas Martitiz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why can't you believe it?
>>>>
>>> Asking someone to explain why they find something useful *in no way* implies
>>> that you don't believe that they find it useful.
>>>
>>
>> One can go even one step further: asking someone to explain why they
>> find somehting useful does *not* imply if *you* consider it useful or
>> not.
>>
>>
>> - Dominik
>>
> He explained it already three times.
>
> Best regards.


So perhaps instead of saying something inflamatory like "Why can't you
believe it?" you could have said that, and then pointed to where he
explained it?
Received on 2009-06-14