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Smile Re: On "graciously" accepting
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Originally Posted by J_Horning
When we chose team 70 as a partner, the young girl replied with a giant smile "Team 70 graciously denies". Then Team 494 (same high school as Team 70) did the same thing.
I don't think the problem here is with the fact that she declined. If we are going to pick on the semantics of graciously accepting (I believe the point being made is that once you say you are gracious, you aren't any more?) then you have got to see a problem with "graciously denying" someone. I think that respectfully declining is the only way to go on that one. No one argues with a person's right to decline, but if you are going to I think you should always consider the weight of that choice.
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