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		Dylan16807 on Nov 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Martin Gräßlin, KDE: "Good Bye, Ubuntu" Meritocracy is orthogonal to politeness. I don't see the conflict you see.

icarus127 on Nov 1, 2013 [–]

One might say that being polite and not insulting people are traits of merit.

Dylan16807 on Nov 1, 2013 | [–]

Ha. Those are definitely traits of merit, but individual traits still aren't organizational structure.

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