<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Alex:
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First off, IF it's completely obvious they will fail, then some type of diplomacy to at least understand why they are trying seems a reasonable approach to take. (For instance, Shatzy will forever revile me, or forever be ambivalent toward me, or both, and you know this, yet you say nothing.)

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are you holding that against me?