[Leica] kids... THIS IS AN OPEN APOLOGY! !

[phong at doan-ltd.com (Phong)]

It's not about "niceness", though that would be nice.
It's about the fact that certain ways of saying things
detract the message, though of course, at times how
you say something is in fact _the_ message, not the
"something".

Damn the torpedos if you will, but don't lose your head
or your temper, and preferably also your manners.
To act up is not a show of strength.

- Phong


Mark Rabiner wrote:
> Well its unusual or bad manners to disagree with an apology but there you
> are. I'm there. Not erring on the side of "niceness".
>
> We've got a kid running out of the water splashing and someone criticizes
> the picture saying someone should be holding a white card underneath the
> kids face.
>
> Now THAT my friends is a genuinely dumb thing to say and deserves full
> credit for being such. I've said dumber things and we all have and when I
> say something half that dumb in the future which I'm sure I will and soon
I
> hope do reek the full profits of such.
>
> To Ted I say: trust your instincts. Damn the torpedoes and the apologies.
> Sometimes it's appropriate to make a strong statement when it's a strong
> truth up against a wimpy "lie".
> If they cant take the heat they should run out of the kitchen holding a
> sheet of white asbestos under their face.