It may be that your rule will become the established social consensus as to "polite" as I've heard it from two different people in the public eye, questioned them on the subject and heard their rationale (similar to yours). One was Mitch Benn, I can't remember the other, possibly Graham Linnehan (sp?).
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Date: 2012-08-02 10:04 am (UTC)One was Mitch Benn, I can't remember the other, possibly Graham Linnehan (sp?).