give Nigel a break ?

[David Swarbrick]

In message <199808201755.SAA04710@notatla.demon.co.uk>,
lists@notatla.demon.co.uk writes
>"Campaign Against Censorship of the Internet" <cacib@liberty.org.uk>:
>
>>  P.S. Everyone, give Nigel a break when he cracks a joke.
>>  It must be miserable enough being the mouthpiece for the Beast.
>
>If a guy is really unhappy with his job he changes it.
>There's no reason why this should take more than a few months.
>
>If a job involves presenting the arguments of others and you find them
>unconvincing; you say so while you do it.  Anything else borders on lying.

I think we all presume too much.

Nigel is a civil servant. That places particular and peculiar burdens on
him, and there is no point talking with him unless you acknowledge that.
It cannot be personal, and it does the discussion no service, and him a
dis-service to think otherwise.

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