Be honest and open. I might punch you in the face for threatening me, but you shouldn’t go around threatening people now should you?
I feel like the results/consequences are the same and that’s what I’m against.
Like you’re in a slasher but pretend you’re in a hallmark.
I prefer clarity.
If I understand this correctly, the polite request is meant to be passive aggressive flattery and the outright demand is the honest tone that gets to the point. I think in written form I prefer the polite request to avoid panicking immediately. In person, I’d panic anyway. So I prefer the outright demand, because I can’t handle passive aggressive attacks at all. Usually I’ll reflect their politeness before I understand the matter and then when they assume that I’m not taking it seriously, they get more intense which scares me long-term.
Both of those are demands.
Death penalty is wrong.
Replace death with any heavy executive-issued penalty. The point here is the polite-implicit vs the impolite-explicit.
The point here is the polite-implicit vs the impolite-explicit.
But there is no politeness in threatening.
“Hi! Please put all your candy in the bag, or I’ll smash your pumpkins”
vs.
“Give me the candy or I’ll smash your pumpkins”
?? Is that what you’re asking?
Is there any backstory to your request?
It’s more like “trick or treat” vs “candy or we egg this joint”.
The one is social accepted, polite, and doesn’t overtly state an intention to harm but it does imply it. The other is exactly the same, but it’s direct, no implication, just one or the other.
Another example would be “you gotta pay us for protection, you wouldn’t want anything to happen while you’re here.” Vs. " Pay up or we cut you".
No, it’s “please give me your candy” (with the implied threat). Vs “give me your candy or I’ll smash”.
(Also, I reworded the post because you people are so literal and easily distracted.)
Good luck with your research.
