June 20, 2005

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Take the time necessary to do it well...

    By Jack Grant

...and if it doesn't need to be done well, does it need to be done at all?

I'm a wee bit busy, so in lieu of a long post that I don't have time to write well, I'll refer you to some posts that even if you disagree with their points and politics, at the least they are well-written.

Because they are well-written, with at least some indication that time and effort were both put into the writing, I find their positions at the least worth considering and not dismissing out of hand, as I am inclined to do with a similar level of partisanship that is not well-written.

satire used to make a political point

rampant partisanship that is still entertaining to read

asking a question and not turning it into a diatribe

explaining simply why an idea is bad without name-calling


I'll spare you the countless counterexamples of good writing that I encounter every day.


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Posted by Jack Grant at 19:23 on 20 June 2005
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