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vascotoday at 10:48 AM1 replyview on HN

You sound like you'd characterize a thief as polite if he asked you please when taking your wallet.


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kleibatoday at 12:47 PM

Ah, I see what you mean - you're making a distinction between someone's speech and someone's acts. Fair enough. In that sense, you would argue that the action of dropping a 13k loc PR is impolite, and I can see that.

It's just that in my reading, I did not find his demeanor in the comment thread to be impolite. He was trying to sell his contribution and I think that whatever he wrote was using respectful language.

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