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Why does it have to be fake politeness? Why can't we have real politeness?

• anuragramdasan 13y ago
  Not everyone is wired the same way right? Linus is being his way. If you are a polite person, you are not expected to swear around. Be polite and that'd be wonderful. The same goes for those who just aren't polite. Why expect them to fake it? Let them be themselves.
• gyom 13y ago
  That's an interesting question. Maybe all politeness is fake to some degree (you're interfacing with someone by being nice regardless of what that person does), but we say "fake politeness" when you're spending a lot of energy to keep the politeness filter on. Tell me if you have a theory about real vs fake politeness.