Quote Originally Posted by Urteil View Post
So its a matter of the wrapping on the box, not the message itself?

I could swear at you and scream that you should not shoot yourself in the foot with a hand-gun and you would.

Alternatively I could ask you nicely and say the same message for your better good, both with the best intentions, and you wouldn't?

Being polite is free you know, its really not worth much when the substance is there regardless.
Sounds petty.
I'm not too sure what the word free means in this statement, but just because something is "free", doesn't mean it has no value. Giving people a certain amount of respect when you speak to them can go a very long way. Breaking through someone's ego to allow them the opportunity to consider they may be wrong isn't generally done by logic and facts, it takes a different set of skills to get someones barrier down first, then the facts can start to do their magic. However, if you are in the situation you set up where someone is about to shoot themselves in the foot, Dont be polite. Just run away.