Evasions are often used by
groups or people who are trying to evade or abrade or spin the truth.
But there're
other things in play here. When someone is trying to honestly answer a question to the best of his or her ability and either wants to but it's beyond his or her capabilities OR is truly doing so but his or her answer is not accepted by the other person, then it's often taken as an evasion.
On the other thread,
people are trying to answer the comments of others. In at least a couple cases, after explanations were tendered,
others have said they don't want to discuss it, that it's semantics or circular
whatevers.
What this really means is that
some people are not happy with
others and that this is getting in the way. Thus, evasions are sometimes perceived where there aren't any or where it's really a matter of
someone either having difficulty defending his position because he doesn't HAVE the answer or because
someone else didn't want to accept the answer.
Every now and again on forums,
someone will ask or even demand an explanation or comment. If they don't get it or they think it's scanty, doesn't fit the bill or whatever, then
sometimes they'll say the person evades or does not answer questions. But if they DO get detailed explanations, then
sometimes the questionner then says the person is actually backpedaling.
That is exactly why I think that when it gets all temperamental like that, that it's a matter of
people really just not being not happy with
other people. It becomes emotional,
people start feeling angry, resentful, exasperated, whatever.
But you know what? When non Scn'ists of critical inclination come over to the Freezone section, they're kinda not on critical turf anymore, in a way. There's been a lot of resentment expressed about
Freezoners running rampant all over the forum and on
many threads and in fact, depending on the post, there is even some validity to this. Really.
But then some of those
same folks drop in to the FZ section, start evangelizing
THEIR stuff and...oops!