Warp wrote:
>   When a conversation is going basically nowhere, and especially when
> the tone of the text is not the most positive, people get tired of
> arguing.

Huh. I thought it was going. I learned a fair amount from it myself, at 
least.

>   People don't like being told in harsh words "that's not true, you
> are wrong", even if that's the case. Being too blunt about someone's
> error (especially if it's actually not completely clear if there *is*
> an error) is usually not going to get very positive feedback. People
> feel attacked. Sometimes someone may actually realise he's not
> completely right, but he still may feel that he doesn't deserve such
> a blunt response.

Thank you for explaining.  I sincerely appreciate you telling me what 
I'm doing wrong.  Thanks!

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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