Asking "Are you blind" regarding my posted FIFY was a figurative question
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Well if it was me, and I thought someone had a problem with reading one of my posts, I'd phrase it something like this; "I hope you don't mind my asking, but do you have any difficulty in reading what I'm saying?"
Some people on my side of the Atlantic would find even that rude. Putting it the way you did, though, would be seen as highly aggressive by most British people and I'd guess by a good many Americans as well.
(I.E.- a rhetorical, "can't you read?"), responding with "No, but you are rude, presumptuous and abusive" is you turning a harmless FIFY into "clearly becoming personal" adhoms. You lowered yourself to adhoms about me.
I think I've already answered that above, but just to repeat; no, it was not what I was responding to in that post but your comment about my eyesight. I answered the point about FIFYs in the previous post.
We've already had the discussion about FIFYs in full in this thread now and can agree to differ if needs be; I see no point in prolonging it here.
I can and will comment/quote/ridicule about that in any way I deem fit whether you like it or not.
I'm sure you will, which is why I'm not sure it's worth continuing this conversation. It seems to me though that you may have an awareness deficit in how you come over to other people. You come across as very aggressive and confrontational, as both that remark and the question about my eyesight illustrate even when, presumably, you're not intending to be.
I actually want to
enjoy the limited time I have to spend posting here, as I believe most other people here do too. In order for that to happen some kinds of constraints sometimes have to be observed in people's conduct when posting online (in my case I've had to learn not to use Tech language when not absolutely necessary, for example, as a lot of people here understandably don't like it).
If you
are intending to be, on the other hand...well, we can both draw our conclusions from that. All I can say is that if you want me to read your posts, it is best avoided. I am not required to read the results of that on any board with an ignore list.