Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Converstaional Terrorism

Have you ever sent an e-mail to a person and said something that was a bit malicious or have been a low blow tho the receiver? This is becoming known as conversational terrorism.

My favorites are the heat seeking phrases, which Dean and Marshall VanDruff of vandruff.com describe as "throw[ing] the other person's competence in doubt while at the same time changing the subject. A question is asked that the other person is not likely to know the answer to, destroying their credibility and confidence. To really rub it in, the questioner can give a full answer to his/her own question proving that him/herself to have superior knowledge of the subject."

It is all a war of words out there on the e-mail and instant message fronts these days.

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