{HWW} "Not all tact is untruthful. Sometimes tact just means considering the other person's feelings before you post."
An entirely worthwhile way to look at it, though I'd tend to file such a motive under "courtesy," with a link to "benevolence." We'd do well to expect the best from everyone on the Net until solid reasons exist to suspect others' motives and actions.
Gee, Grey, that sounded almost ... tactful. :) :)
quote:It's easier to be tactful on-line, I've found, when I avoid addressing someone else by name. (Except to attribute quotes.) One less way to be tempted into making it personal.
Tact is better practiced, to me, with careful omission. "You held my attention, I must admit" -- and changing the subject, if possible -- is always better than praising someone to the opposite of "Your performance stank so badly I couldn't turn my nose away, let alone my eyes." {g}
I'm sure we have different ways of approaching tact that are equally valid. The underlying message of tact, for me, at least, is to say to the other person, I respect you and your point of view, even though we disagree.
