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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5645694" data-attributes="member: 177">I think the upthread example of "must leave,", "has to leave," and "chooses to leave," applies.  A major way logic is misapplied to message board discussions is by using your own meaning of a phrase, rather than the author's.  Most folk just aren't that exacting in their word choice, so it pays to give folks a bit of leeway most of the time.  If the *author* didn't really note the difference between "you are illogical" and "you are being illogical", ripping the point apart based on that isn't constructive to the discussion.And, needless to say, for a goodly bunch of folks on the internet, the fiddly bits of word choice are pointed out when it benefits their side of the argument, but not noticed when it would not help their side.</blockquote>