"... On Sep 2, 7:30 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> Gruff, you may remember…or not…that I did that very thing on my own > for well over a year. Perhaps you just didn’t notice. Without meaning to be antagonistic, I simply didn't notice because I had taken to ignoring you because of the games you play incessantly. At times, when I run into you, I seriously wonder what you gain by being here? What is your purpose in attending? I've never seen you enter into serious discussion with anyone and like a number here on ME simply like to play games and antagonize people. That was why I initially began ignoring you. > I agree that we do not appear to agree on much…although I doubt in the > way that that may sound to you. We might if you ever got serious or entered into a serious and rational discussion. > I agree that words are used by people (all people) in their own > personal and subjective ways and that this makes communication > difficult and oft frustrating for many. I've never been accused of being obscure or obfuscating issues. I've always endeavored to speak straight ahead as was the primary goal of my mentor. > I have answered you honestly and been accused of being disingenuous. > By implication (or directly, difficult to say for sure) I have been > accused of not being rational by you when my answers are not couched > in the language and or structures you expect. You're talking to someone who has been trained for and practiced for a quarter century the art and science of speaking and writing clearly. I think I also possess the ability to see through the smoke screen others put up and piercing their veil of obfuscation. That said, I'll not buy into your games any longer. > Personally, I too like intelligent and rational interaction…as rare of > a thing that it is. I've not seen any evidence of that. What I have seen evidence of is your attempts to shake people's confidence in their own words. It's why so many others have ceased attempting to communicate with you. > Ignore or not, I’ll leave it up to you this time. I'll respond if you post intelligently and rationally. Otherwise expect my silence as a few others who also like to play games have learned. /e
