On Friday 13 Mar 2009 6:35:26 pm Mahesh Murthy wrote: > If I recall, you prefaced much of your hypothesis that started it all with > words to the effect of "I don't necessarily believe what I am saying here, > but let's have a discussion about it anyway". > > And now you're getting all antsy about what you said as though you actually > deeply believe it all and it's some sort of affront to find disagreement > with your once-hypothetical point of view.
The problem as far as I can see is the effect this discussion is having on you making you speak of actions like "hand wringing", or people being "distressed" or my being "antsy" (whatever that means). Your imagination of my emotions and actions, or that of anyone else have no bearing on the issue - considering that I have consistently stuck to saying what I feel without worrying about or diverting the subject to the emotions felt by people who read what i write. Why is it that you need to divert attention from the subject and refer to mysterious "hand wringing" and "distress caused to conservatives" and my "antsy" behavior? These are completely peripheral to the discussion and in all cases you brought up the subject and you need to figure out why you keep doing that. shiv
