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<blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 7970660" data-attributes="member: 4881">My last reply on this thread, because its as annoying to threadjack as it is to threadcrap.&nbsp; Happy to discuss in its own thread if someone would like to continue the conversation.Maybe the issue comes down to verbiage and unspoken intention behind words chosen.&nbsp; When I read forums and someone says something like &quot;Why you want to do this?&quot; my natural inclination is to read the words as a challenge as to whether or not an action should be taken rather than as a request for additional information in order to provide a more correct or thorough answer.&nbsp; On forums the lack of non-verbal cues make it difficult to determine which of the two is the intent and from my experience at ENWorld the challenge variation of &quot;Why?&quot; is the more common meaning of the pair.Paying specific attention to your posts in this thread you ask &quot;Why do you care?&quot; to the OP.&nbsp; Then you list three challenges on the need for restricting copying spells (based on three different possible reasons) followed with some good general advice and finally an actual answer to the OPs questions you attempt with the knowledge you have on-hand.So you might say your post is a mixed bag of challenging the need for restricting spell sharing AND offering advice on how to restrict spell sharing if one wanted to do so.&nbsp; This is why I read your &quot;Why?&quot; to be a challenge and not a request for more information.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JiffyPopTart, post: 7970660, member: 4881"] My last reply on this thread, because its as annoying to threadjack as it is to threadcrap. Happy to discuss in its own thread if someone would like to continue the conversation. Maybe the issue comes down to verbiage and unspoken intention behind words chosen. When I read forums and someone says something like "Why you want to do this?" my natural inclination is to read the words as a challenge as to whether or not an action should be taken rather than as a request for additional information in order to provide a more correct or thorough answer. On forums the lack of non-verbal cues make it difficult to determine which of the two is the intent and from my experience at ENWorld the challenge variation of "Why?" is the more common meaning of the pair. Paying specific attention to your posts in this thread you ask "Why do you care?" to the OP. Then you list three challenges on the need for restricting copying spells (based on three different possible reasons) followed with some good general advice and finally an actual answer to the OPs questions you attempt with the knowledge you have on-hand. So you might say your post is a mixed bag of challenging the need for restricting spell sharing AND offering advice on how to restrict spell sharing if one wanted to do so. This is why I read your "Why?" to be a challenge and not a request for more information. [/QUOTE]

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