> This is the second time you used language designed to escalate this into some kind of personal attack.
I've done no such thing. I've stated clearly my opinions. If you feel offended by my opinions, I apologise. That being said, I don't preface everything I say with weasel words.
I personally believe doing this (though you might disagree and if you do that's fine) that weasel words are mostly useless (though they do help at times for people who infer more than intended) and I really try to avoid using them as much as I can, though I have been known to fail at this. =)
> Why?
I haven't intended to do this. I didn't "design" anything. At most I felt that the previous statement could have been taken the wrong way, hence the smiley (Which is basically my way of saying I don't intend to start a flame war). You were, in fact, putting your own personal spin on things rather than discussing what was actually said.
I'm not offended, I just felt the discussion was taking an unnecessary turn towards the unproductive side, about a point that is simply not worth the effort we both have so far unwisely invested into this exchange ;-)
I do believe "weasel words" are important, not only because stating personal opinion as fact is impolite, but mainly because it can be vital for the structure of an argument to distinguish possibilities, speculation, belief, theory, and factual data.
I've done no such thing. I've stated clearly my opinions. If you feel offended by my opinions, I apologise. That being said, I don't preface everything I say with weasel words.
I personally believe doing this (though you might disagree and if you do that's fine) that weasel words are mostly useless (though they do help at times for people who infer more than intended) and I really try to avoid using them as much as I can, though I have been known to fail at this. =)
> Why?
I haven't intended to do this. I didn't "design" anything. At most I felt that the previous statement could have been taken the wrong way, hence the smiley (Which is basically my way of saying I don't intend to start a flame war). You were, in fact, putting your own personal spin on things rather than discussing what was actually said.
Basically, no offence was intended.