Reply #153: aren't you finished yet?

[iverglas]

"You don't need to beat yourself up for anything other than the quality of your ideas."

I shall assume, if I may be so bold, that you are not using the pronoun "you" in the generic sense.

If I am correct, your latest pronouncement is about as responsive to anything I've said as the responses I'd expect to get from my friend jabberwacky.com. That is: completely non-responsive.

I have not beaten myself up for anything at all. I most certainly would not do so, and have not done so, "for the quality of my ideas", I assure you. So once again, I am left clueless as to the substance of the message you may be attempting to convey ... and once again, not through any defect or disability on the receiving end of the process.


"I was assuming that you had a point of view to relate, not simply a point of a spear."

No assumption is called for or appropriate in this case, friend.

You have all the evidence you need regarding my point of view, and the fact that I have been relating it. Do allow me to pat you on the head for your attempt at witticism, though.

No points for you, however, for democratic discourse. You have done nothing but obfuscate and obstruct. I (and not just I, of course) have stated both views and the reasons for which I hold them, while you have not. And I have both asked questions to elicit the same information from you and answered the relevant questions you have asked, while you have not.

The lifeblood of democracy is the full and transparent disclosure of views and the bases for them (including the interests of the speaker in having those views generally adopted). Your continuing evasion of that democratic duty here confirms my assessment that you are no democrat.