On Sunday, October 17, 2010, Yo-Yo Ma wrote:
> Gabriel
>
> You don't have to go to thesaurus.com with the intention of generating
> a more formidable argument. I was merely offering my opinion. Playing
> devil's advocate should be regarded as counter constructive. If I see
> a man about to throw a
> I was merely offering my opinion. Playing
> devil's advocate should[n't] be regarded as counter constructive.
But it is, playing devil's advocate is by definition a destructive
position. There's nothing particularly wrong with that in general, but
it's a little late in the class-based-views dis
Typo (on iPhone): should read, "...devil's advocate shouldn't be..."
On Oct 16, 2:24 pm, Yo-Yo Ma wrote:
> Gabriel
>
> You don't have to go to thesaurus.com with the intention of generating
> a more formidable argument. I was merely offering my opinion. Playing
> devil's advocate should be regard
Gabriel
You don't have to go to thesaurus.com with the intention of generating
a more formidable argument. I was merely offering my opinion. Playing
devil's advocate should be regarded as counter constructive. If I see
a man about to throw an egg at an otherwise clean wall, I don't need
to offer h
On Oct 16, 2:34 am, Gabriel Hurley wrote:
> > What do you call this. I don't see how any software developer could
> > consider constructive criticism as anything other than helping out.
>
> You've posted three messages in this thread, but none of them seem
> "constructive" to me. You've pointed ou
> What do you call this. I don't see how any software developer could
> consider constructive criticism as anything other than helping out.
You've posted three messages in this thread, but none of them seem
"constructive" to me. You've pointed out areas of disagreement and
used inflammatory hyperb
