(December 29, 2013 at 5:59 pm)rasetsu Wrote: From the standpoint of logic, a charitable reading of an opponent's reply or argument is far more defensible than an uncharitable reading. Simply from a tactical standpoint, it pays to be charitable in interpreting an opponent's reply, as being uncharitable is more likely to bite you in the ass.
From the standpoint of keeping the thread on-topic, I gave a a straightforward reading of what I determined was actually said. If that's being uncharitable, then uncharitable is what I am. What I'm not, however, is interested in getting dragged into more forum dramatics.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
