(February 4, 2013 at 2:14 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(February 4, 2013 at 10:44 am)Drich Wrote: To everyone who doubted my method of providing a simple observation first: I have been doing this long enough to know that not everyone who asks a question wants an answer. some just want a foolish arguement, and as Missy was so good to point out 'we' are "not to answer a fool according to his folly."
Sorry mate, but that's not a judgement call you are entitled to make. Unless someone makes it blatantly obvious, you can have no idea what they are thinking or intending so you don't get a say as to whether they really want an answer or not. You can if you wish abstain from answering their questions for any number of reasons, of course, but that will tend to draw fire in the shape of conclusions about your avoiding questions. I'm sure someone made a whole thread on that topic somewhere.
If you checked that thread you'd see that Post1, Line1 I make that very same distinction, between asking a question and answering a fool according to his folly/casting pearls before swine.
...And if you will note In my opening post here does not make a judgement. It gives Jr. an oppertunity to set the pace for my involvement. He told me to F-off and not to answer his question. So i didn't.
