On Wed, 05 May 2010 07:43:28 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 May 2010 15:00:34 -0400, Warp wrote:
> 
>> > Where did you conjure this "stupidity" thing
>> >   all
>> > of a sudden?
> 
>> You imply it when you say "I've explained it over and over again and
>> I'm not going to continue to repeat myself".  The undertone there is
>> "if you're too stupid to understand it, I'm not going to try any more".
> 
>   I have not implied any such thing. Any such "undertone" you are seeing
> is purely your own invention. I have never written anything with that
> kind of mindset.

Maybe you didn't imply it, but clearly it was inferred.

>   When I wrote that I wouldn't bother explaining the same things again,
> I was simply implying that I'm tired of doing so again and again, as the
> conversation is going in circles. "Stupidity" had absolutely nothing to
> do with any of this.
> 
>   (Well, I didn't actually keep my promise. I succumbed into trying to
> explain it, once again, to Darren in a previous post I made today. Let's
> see if it helps this time. If not, then I suppose this is hopeless.)
> 
>> When I engage in these conversations with you, Warp, it's never ever
>> ever ever EVER with the intention of "twisting your words".  It's with
>> the intention of trying to understand what you're saying.
> 
>   I understand it if someone misinterprets something I say. What I don't
> understand is why they keep misinterpreting it even *after* I say that
> they misinterpreted it.

You frequently try to explain by just saying the same thing again.  When 
you explain something a second time, taking a different approach can 
often help make your point clear.

>> Instead of trying to explain, you then get all defensive and blame
>> everyone else.
> 
>   But I have tried to explain. However, the conversation nevertheless
> goes in circles.

Then a different explanation is needed, not getting pissed off.

Jim

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