PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello rjhenn,
I believe he did and instead of making direct acknowledgement it merely caused him to think of a loosely related point.
One of the lessons to be had in posting at JPP is to go back and reread things and try to see them in a different perspective. And we must always keep in mind that communicating in the written language is not the same as voice. There's no inflection in the written word. Context is perceived differently. I think most of the people who post here are pretty smart, yourself included, but we write with varying degrees of effectiveness in conveying our thoughts. In a voice conversation one is on the spot to speak when the opportunity arises. Gotta go with whatever is no your mind in the time allotted. Here, one can take all the time they desire to make a response. That gives time for much more inflection, leading to conversations that take seemingly wild turns.
No, his 'point' only demonstrated that he didn't understand your point.
I believe he did and instead of making direct acknowledgement it merely caused him to think of a loosely related point.
One of the lessons to be had in posting at JPP is to go back and reread things and try to see them in a different perspective. And we must always keep in mind that communicating in the written language is not the same as voice. There's no inflection in the written word. Context is perceived differently. I think most of the people who post here are pretty smart, yourself included, but we write with varying degrees of effectiveness in conveying our thoughts. In a voice conversation one is on the spot to speak when the opportunity arises. Gotta go with whatever is no your mind in the time allotted. Here, one can take all the time they desire to make a response. That gives time for much more inflection, leading to conversations that take seemingly wild turns.