GROUPLANG: Pronouns (politeness)

On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Nik Taylor wrote:

> And politeness couldn't be
> optional.  By having no indication of politeness level, that in itself
> would say something, just as in English, not saying "please" says
> something.
I would have disagreed before, but now I think politeness
register should be mandatory in all primarily written langs,
especially to clarify short emailish messages like this.
(Please, no smilies ... anything but that!)