11-02-2008, 07:23 PM
mikeylikesit wrote:
What you did say was:
It is, as far as I can tell, never a winning move to point out when someone claims to have meant something that no honest reading of his or her previous post could support.
It is not persuasive to the people arguing the contrary position, and it does not really invite further discussion of the topic at hand.
Looking at Kap's numerrous posts on the other side, I think you might give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. I believe that english may not be his first language, and -- it seems to me-- he has a history of making posts on less controversial topics that require explanation, clarification, and additional information. That is to say, I do not believe that this is either an instance of calvinball or a humpty-dumptyism.