Thread:User talk:Armondikov/Why did he have to qualify it at all?/reply (9)

I appreciate the perspective, actually, so no need to apologise for last-wordism.

I'm certainly not "dismissing" what he's said. Choosing not to overblow one single poorly chosen word or perhaps try to figure out a reason isn't "dismissing".

My problem is, and always has been, that it seems like blogs and comments are putting words into his mouth. That's basically a straw man fallacy and I hold everyone equally to the same standard over things like that. It's an off-the-cuff and throwaway remark that people have assumed means something without actually thinking what it could mean.

The simple fact is that this specifically highlights what is wrong with Paul's opinion on the subject. He can't enforce his own exception here without creating a whole heap of shit to deal with.