What if I just called a general outline. It works really well for me when I am mad at a politician and feel the urge to write to the gumint.)

>>>>I tried it, and here's what my message ended up with: <-empty->
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>>>I think Grady has just gone overboard with his rule, which may be a honest attempt to prove that the rule was wrong to start with. He probably meant to remove any emotional outbursts that may deurinate other people, but what the know, let's remove emotion completely just in case. And it's the case of kid gone with bathwater.
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>>It's not a rule. It's a method. If it's not your method, then that's fine with me.
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>OK, then it's a method - and then I do apply it quite often. You can't possibly know how many messages I wrote but then did not click Send. Or when I did, how many sentences did I edit out.
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>Just saying that I'd rather stick to the ancient Greek rule, which I learned as "ničega previše" - of nothing too much, or better, "never too much of anything". If I'd write completely emotion-free messages, I'd better write some code to do that for me, eh? Or completely stop writing here, because the wish to help myself and others write better code is a tad too emotional.
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>So I'd rather stick to my old, worn out, "edit until you like it and until you think not too many people will dislike it".