I can't answer for Michael. However, a reasonable length of adult life should engender an understanding that certain questions are innocent and others less so. Some are designed to demonstrate the superiority of the questioner over the questioned or disingenuously make a "statement" with no genuine interest in the nature of the questioned's response., Some are smug, full of self-importance, some immediately establish a hierarchal relationship between the questioner and the questioned, some are intrusive and are asked without invitation by the questioned ("Have you beaten your wife today?"), some are overtly hostile, and so forth.

I haven't been part of this ongoing discussion, but I honestly don't see why a person has to answer another person's question unless some sort of contract, stated or unstated, has been entered into. To claim "not to understand" why a person has not answered an unsolicited question that may be perceived by that person as intrusive, smug, self-righteous, etc, seems on the face of it, disingenuous at the very least. I'm trying to be polite.

Paul Okami
.----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Schmier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:37 AM
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Michael, I apologize for my density. But, I still just don't understand why aren't you
willing to answer my question.

Make it a good day.

     --Louis--


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