i have tried valiantly to engage you on the basis of your positions. whether i’m
or not i feel a little insulted that either you think i haven’t been engaging your positions or that i have
in the end i can only deal with the plain meaning of the words you choose to use. if those choices have led to such comprehensive misinterpretation it might be well if you were to consider finding other ways to explain your positions. i can say as a teacher that if my class completely misses the point of an explanation i am using for a concept i immediately go back and find a different way to explain it instead of railing at my class about their lack of comprehension. your mileage may vary.
