The Lab Coat Limit

[malthaussen]

3. The important thing is to articulate your reasons, yes.

Something which is rarely done these days. I especially like the people who have an attitude of "I don't have to explain myself to you." At best, paternalistic and authoritarian. A friend once told me she believed one should have at least three reasons for thinking something, or the thought wasn't worth wasting time on.

I have discovered over many painful years, though, that asking "why" is often a sure-fired way to get someone's back up. They always assume I disagree and am trying to trap them. On no acquaintance at all.

-- Mal