Torah613Torah -“A personal note to Health:
I hope you won’t get too upset at me for saying this, but you are smart enough and insightful enough that I hope you can just take it as my personal opinion and not a criticism.”
What is the difference between a personal opinion that is negative and criticism????
“Sometimes it seems to me that you like to have the last word in an argument. Most people will post agreement comments half the time, and disagreement comments the other half, but I sometimes feel like all of your posts are disagreement comments. In addition, I sometimes feel that your arguments would be stronger if you allowed them to speak for themselves, rather than re-arguing every single little point that you disagree with until the other person is tired out.”
Read my last post to Sharp and you’ll understand why I like to have the last word. It isn’t just for my ego -it’s also to benefit others.
“You are obviously very smart and intelligent, and accustomed to being right most of the time in real life.”
Actually I’m not accustomed to being right most of the time in real life -I don’t have that power, but it’s funny how you think you can analyze me by my posts, even though you don’t know me IRL.
“I don’t know if you’re aware that online this comes across in a way that is unpleasant for others to read.
Again, I hope you don’t mind my saying this. I think you are very well-educated and have a lot to share with us, and I am sure that many people agree, even those who disagree with you. I don’t want to discourage you from posting your arguments.”
It’s alright, even if that was your goal to stop me from posting, which I’ve had posters like that in the past, I wouldn’t stop. Who knows – maybe I’m addicted or maybe I’m bored or maybe something else, but I don’t quit that easily.