Seaman,

Use my whole quote if you choose to do so. Your rather shortened quote and an attempt to link it with management style is just plain misrepresentation.

What I actually said was

In other words, a vitriolic response would be ineffective.

You weaken the strength of your own posts content by making such comments. Those that you try to dissuade will look at my quote in context and may treat the rest of your post with a different degree of credibility to what you intended.