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padib said:

To avoid it, one must try to understand what the other person is saying instead of jumping to conclusions.

Given the context of his statement, your initial post seems contrived. The incredulity that followed does not seem genuine.

His reaction was at best, a misread due to context and lack of detailing, and at worst, an assumed misread with a civil response. Hardly demonstrable of why people kill each other.