Forrest Brownell wrote:
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> With reference to Jerry Smith's recent admonitory note: "Chill"? I
> thought I was cool enough to Mr. Costa as it was. In any case, I
> found Mr. Costa's initial remarks boorish and his grasp of history
> naive, and said so. Silence is often taken to denote agreement, after
> all, and I wouldn't have Bruce Longstaff conclude that all Americans
> are as bellicose as Mr. Costa. A very temperate aim, I should have
> thought.
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> Forrest Brownell
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> South Colton NY
> forrest@slic.com
Silence is also a way to combat the "in you face" society that we live
in. Regardless of how smoothly an "in your face" comment is worded, it is
still hostility.