Civility

[Belacqua]

Maybe an internet cookie? I've really been avoiding the doughnuts if I can.

Wise choice. 

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Do these show up on other people's screens? They make me feel fat just looking.

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Here is another reason why I think it's good to be polite in these discussions.

Incivility shows pride, in a bad way. To justify incivility, I have to judge not only that I am right and you are wrong, but that you are so wrong you deserve to be made to feel bad. As if it is my right to change your mind not through reasons but through sheer verbal force. It gushes out the emotion of my rightness without demonstrating it.

Pride, force, and display without demonstration are usually bad. Humility is good.