20 Oct
2011
20 Oct
'11
6:31 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis <[email protected]> wrote:
Politeness can win more arguments even if we believe to be treated unjustly.
I can agree with you only theoretically. In practice, I know that politeness most definitely did not work for the native (where the idea "might makes right" dominated trajically). Remember they welcomed the new visitors, and we even still celebrate Thanksgiving which they gave us, yet we've allowed the nation to sweep the misdeeds under the rug for 200 years (all in the name of politeness or what?). mark