Nice post Paul. I gave up on this discussion years ago because of these
very issues. You've listed some of the potential problems quite well.
Thanks.
-S
On Mar 21, 2007, at 7:03 AM, Paul Okami wrote:
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
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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.
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