JWeinCom said:
No, I shouldn't have. I read what you wrote, and interpreted it to the best of my capabilities, in what I think was a justified interpretation. Then, I asked you to explain it. Instead of just saying, "what I actually meant was..." you got defensive about it. And, for some reason, you thought me interpreting your post wrong (whether I was justified in doing so or not) was so offensive that it demanded an apology... which baffles me.
But, I did look through the topic again (I had looked through it before and I guess I missed it), and apparently Curl thought the exact same thing when reading your initial post. When he pointed it out, you again accused him of a strawman argument instead of clarifying yourself. So, either we're both very poor readers, or you did a bad job at expressing your opinion. Since 2 people interpretted it that way, the fault more likely lies with you.
In the future, you should probably express yourself clearly in the first place. And if someone thinks you meant something different, instead of accusing them of trying to put words in yourmouth and thereby starting an argument, you should entertain the possibility that they may have genuinely misunderstood you, and clarify yourself. It would have saved you two incredibly pointless arguments.
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