Eh? What's the relationship between credibility and civility? He may be losing your respect, but he certainly loses no credibility. Still, it reminds me of what

Eh? What's the relationship between credibility and civility? He may be losing your respect, but he certainly loses no credibility. Still, it reminds me of what Vonnegut says in _Hocus Pocus_: > Profanity and obscenity entitle people who don't want unpleasant information to close their ears and eyes to you People will search for reasons to dismiss anything you say. Being utterly civil takes away the easy reasons. Vonnegut takes this to such extremes in the book that it becomes satirical, but taken at face value it is still meaningful. As someone whose family is frequently stopped at airports and borders because of their Muslim names (the Christian-named half of my extended family universally makes it through, the ones with Muslim names universally have trouble, even when both travel together), I've learnt that the word 'damn' is near horrific but that hours of detention are okay.