I think characterizing that as “Oli is a bad counterparty” instead of something like “Oli doesn’t follow glowfic!lawful deity norms” or “I regret having Oli as a counterparty” is impolite
I see your point and initially agreed that “Oliver is a bad counterparty” is indeed not polite and intended to change that, but saw that I actually wrote “Oliver is not a good counterparty”.
That was produced by “Oliver is the kind of counterparty you might regret having dealt with, as I have”.
It’s less of an impolite judgement than “Oliver is a bad counterparty”, but if you think it reads the same, I’ll try to change that to be more polite while still expressing that I think it often makes sense for people to be careful around him.
it’s not just impolite, it’s verging on slander, it’s a deceptive attack that you should fully understand will be read by other people as indicting his character
“Oliver is not a good counterparty” is my judgment of him and his character based on the interaction that we had. How is it a “deceptive attack”?
I did replace it with “Oliver Habryka is a counterparty I regret having; he doesn’t follow planecrash!lawful neutral/good norms; be careful when talking to him” to communicate information more directly, but I do think that if you refer having someone as a counterparty, they’re not a good counterparty!
I see your point and initially agreed that “Oliver is a bad counterparty” is indeed not polite and intended to change that, but saw that I actually wrote “Oliver is not a good counterparty”.
That was produced by “Oliver is the kind of counterparty you might regret having dealt with, as I have”.
It’s less of an impolite judgement than “Oliver is a bad counterparty”, but if you think it reads the same, I’ll try to change that to be more polite while still expressing that I think it often makes sense for people to be careful around him.
it’s not just impolite, it’s verging on slander, it’s a deceptive attack that you should fully understand will be read by other people as indicting his character
“Oliver is not a good counterparty” is my judgment of him and his character based on the interaction that we had. How is it a “deceptive attack”?
I did replace it with “Oliver Habryka is a counterparty I regret having; he doesn’t follow planecrash!lawful neutral/good norms; be careful when talking to him” to communicate information more directly, but I do think that if you refer having someone as a counterparty, they’re not a good counterparty!