[Magdalen] Said the magic word

[Scott Knitter]

Makes sense, I think I got the "cannot" from Miss Manners, who may have advised declining an invitation by saying "Thank you, but I simply cannot attend." But I agree "I decline to run" is the clearest and most honest thing to say.

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> On Jan 8, 2016, at 10:45 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> You might adopt the Coolidge-ian "I do not choose to run", not for what for him amounted to ambiguity, but for what for you could be a more forthright "choice" rather than a "cannot".  ("Why can't he?")  One says there's an obstacle to running (there is, but that's no one's business but yours), but the other draws a more deliberate "this is my life, dammit" line in the ecclesiastical sand.