I like being nice. Sometimes I like being good, too. I like to
   improve people from where they are now, because I like to
   improve myself. Sometimes I argue with people, once I know their
   game, to make a new friend and to perhaps help them see where
   their thinking may be limited, just as my thinking is limited
   and I'm always trying to expand it.

   This occasionally makes me an asshole but only to people who are
   assholes themselves and proud of it. In the process, I try to
   out asshole them, so they can see how it feels to be treated by
   an asshole.

   But otherwise, I strive for nice. It's pleasant and I'm not a
   big fan of aggressiveness in word or in deed.