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Please try to be more substantitive and helpful in replies, it helps maintain the quality of the community.

Correct! The parent post here isn't really productive, I also have some misgivings on this school of internet debate where a disagreement needs to start with any of:

- False.

- Incorrect.

- Nope.

Is it just me or is this needlessly smug? Again, the parent isn't productive, but a terse "You are wrong." in the grandparent isn't really a good way to start a productive conversation either.

I can agree with that, though when something is patently false, I don't think it's wrong to point this out clearly. A misinformed reader could miss the nuance and mistake facts for options, which in this case could land someone in jail.

As for smugness and the format of posts, you sure don't live as you preach.

It just makes me think the person saying it is Dwight Schrute or equivalent.

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