Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
With respect ...
We disagree. No worries. I’m not here to argue. What I have to say is a explained in my main posts (three and soon to be four)
With respect ...
If your not here to argue, i.e. discuss ideas and interpretations of the evidence, then why the heck are you posting?We disagree. No worries. I’m not here to argue. What I have to say is a explained in my main posts (three and soon to be four)![]()
If your not here to argue, i.e. discuss ideas and interpretations of the evidence, then why the heck are you posting?
However, just because you think the questions are answered by your post doesn't mean they are or that it is clear to others. You responded to one of my questions with a quote from your post that I didn't feel answered the question, but you clearly did. That at least is a good place to start if you feel you have already answered the question. Ultimately I don't care, but if you want to improve on your thesis, the getting and respond to feedback should do help that goal.If I put effort into the OP (which I do), then they should speak for themselves. I don't have any strong need to defend it when I read what he wrote because it just wasn't interesting to me - it's already answered in the three posts I have written, so I don't think explaining it again is going to make a difference.
However, just because you think the questions are answered by your post doesn't mean they are or that it is clear to others.
I think the problem that you're running into, @Snarf Zagyg , is that you're not only talking about the history of the game, you're also saying "Gygax had it right, and then they messed it up--and here is why it matters."
If you assert such a position, you're going to get some push-back.
That’s the position you are ascribing to me, which is why I am not engaging.
Pushback is not a discussion.
But your statements like:That’s the position you are ascribing to me, which is why I am not engaging.
Pushback is not a discussion.
That’s the position you are ascribing to me, which is why I am not engaging.
Pushback is not a discussion.
So you do have opinions and biases, and that is OK. But it is a bit unfair to dismiss people who question those opinions and biases
If you don't want people discussing your ideas--or if you don't want people critiquing or disagreeing--maybe this isn't the right place? We're an opinionated bunch.
On a very fundamental level, this is what I am talking about. You are taking individual quotes, and have ascribed to me
the idea that I am arguing for a position commiserate with biases on opinion, and therefore you have the deeply felt need to correct my opinions and biases.
I don't have any desire to correct your opinion. What I desire is for you to engage with your audience which cleary has a desire to engage with you. I'm just trying to help make your argument / thesis better through discussion. Sharpen your skills in battle so to speak. I don't personally care about one side of the argument or the other.On a very fundamental level, this is what I am talking about. You are taking individual quotes, and have ascribed to me
the idea that I am arguing for a position commiserate with biases on opinion, and therefore you have the deeply felt need to correct my opinions and biases.
Is it possible that is not what I'm doing, and as such, I have no real desire to engage with you on this, since I don't really feel the need to defend a position I do not have?
Is it really so weird for people to want to engage with an author - I don't think so. You don't have to, but it seems like a good way to test your thesis - but I get your working on 4 part series and it can become a chore to "defend" your ideas.What is truly weird to me is that, as far as I know, I do not "own" a thread. And yet, I have now spent multiple posts trying to explain to people that they are welcome to disagree with me, but just because they demand that I argue with them, doesn't mean I have to.
It's kind of odd? I mean .... I assume I didn't miss the memo that said, "When someone really disagrees with you on the internet, and keeps saying that you have bad opinions that you don't even hold, you are required to argue with them until they are satisfied that they have word-bludgeoned you to submission."
And since I don't think that memo exists, I will exit this conversation! I'll post the fourth part on Monday or so; enjoy it, or not.![]()