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Re:On Saying No - The Power of Simply Answering, "No." by rotw on Sunday September 13, 2009 @01:01PM (#820267)
True. The guy who brought his kids up with a proper understanding of rhetoric definitely did a better educational job.

The kids of Dr. No, however, will grow up being people who can't express themselves, and inevitably provoke conflict by being obstinate and seeing themselves mostly in the right because of their authority.

They will not value reason.

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Re:On Saying No - The Power of Simply Answering, "No." by DanielStraight on Sunday September 13, 2009 @04:34PM (#820538)
I might be inclined to think that someone who can't give a straight answer is going to have trouble expressing himself.
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