I believe the dialog in this last post is a shinning example of some of the
problems we have in getting our points across on this subject. Too many
have lost sight of the purpose of the forum and that of being a support
forum.

It appears that some have lost their ability to understand English
comprehension in its most basic form; Purpose-Body-Conclusion. I believe
most people that post on here usually follow this form for the most part.
However, some posters because of either there academic background or
narcissistic behavior, choose to carefully critique everything that is
posted for it accuracy, content and relevance to the point of absurdity.
They completely overlook the purpose of the article and because of that
many of there observations are erroneous because they don't relate to the
posters intended purpose. They appear to have a vary narrow focus towards
any comments made. They take out of context. They read into the intent of
the poster often incorrectly. Probably the greatest grievance is some
won't even allow there believes to be challenged for clarity sake. These
exchanges never rise to the level of intellectual discourse for some on
this forum. They seem to revel in antagonistic discourse.

This original forum topic was hijacked and then started to spin out of
control. I've often felt when someone dissected a posting line by line or
paragraph by paragraph or word for word they lost sight of the purpose of
the post. It can cause the average person that might want to contribute to
have second thoughts. It is similar to one not running for a political
office because of the extreme scrutiny one must go through. I'm not
against respectable challenges or debate. I am against disrespectful
attacks and opinions that are not backed up by facts and micro filtering
all postings.

We all come from various backgrounds with various levels of education and
other accomplishments and even some physical handicaps that can effect how
we research and present our posts. One shouldn't feel so threatened by this
continuous badgering or examination of the most trivial detail to cause one
to refrain from future post. In the end it will only leave just a few
posters and all there biases to prevail and we then miss out on the broad
base that has made this forum so strong up to this point.  

Ron S
 

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