REVIEW: Russell's Reviews Volume One # 9

[Martin Phipps]

On Mar 8, 5:02 am, Tom Russell <milos_par... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 7, 1:36 pm, Martin Phipps <martinphip... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 7, 10:35 pm, Tom Russell <milos_par... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 7, 6:24 am, Martin Phipps <martinphip... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > He can always go back and review some stuff he missed reading before.
> > > > All anybody would ask is that he have something nice to say.
>
> > > Sometimes I say things people want to hear, and sometimes I don't.
> > > It's called honesty, and if someone doesn't want my honest opinion,
> > > it's probably best that I offer no opinion at all.
>
> > Heh.  Honesty.  That would have been nice.
>
> Hold on, that can't be right.  Let me juxtapose your two statements
> above.
>
> > > > All anybody would ask is that he have something nice to say.
> > Heh.  Honesty.  That would have been nice.
>
> Okay, so that _is_ what you said.  "Only say nice things" and "be
> honest".
>
> Your logic is truly air-tight.

"All anybody would ask is that he have something nice to say" does not
mean "Only say nice things".  It means "Don't be a complete asshole".
Can you do that?

Martin