[QUOTE=chalsall;341712][QUOTE=cheesehead;341711]Then why did you say anything about blue links?[/QUOTE]
Your quote of me included the "blue links".[/QUOTE]chalsall,

You first mentioned blue links in post #43:
[QUOTE=chalsall;341705] BTW, the underlined links in this post are blue -- you can click on them...[/QUOTE]

I asked you why you said anything about blue links. I expected you to understand that I was asking about your _first_ mention, "the underlined links in this post are blue".

You replied, "Your quote of me included the "blue links".

But I never quoted any blue links from you until my post #45, which was after, not before, you first mentioned blue links in post #43.

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May I have a straight answer to my straight question:

Why did you say "the underlined links in this post are blue" in your post #43 (before I had ever quoted a blue link from you)?

[QUOTE=cheesehead;341756]May I have a straight answer to my straight question:

Why did you say "the underlined links in this post are blue" in your post #43 (before I had ever quoted a blue link from you)?[/QUOTE]Does anyone, other than cheesehead, have even the faintest interest in the answer to this question?

[QUOTE=xilman;341758]Does anyone, other than cheesehead, have even the faintest interest in the answer to this question?[/QUOTE]It highlights the unwillingness of many here to give straight, honest answers to straight, honest questions or to provide evidence to support dubious claims.

[QUOTE=cheesehead;341759]It highlights the unwillingness of many here to give straight, honest answers to straight, honest questions or to provide evidence to support dubious claims.[/QUOTE]
I asked you whether anyone but you had even the faintest interest in the answer to the question:
[QUOTE=cheesehead]Why did you say "the underlined links in this post are blue" in your post #43 (before I had ever quoted a blue link from you)?[/quote]

It very clearly has a straightforward yes/no answer, though a "I don't know" could also be an honest response. Going off on a tangent about honesty does not answer the question as asked.

May I have a straight answer to my straight question:

Does anyone, other than cheesehead, have even the faintest interest in the answer to this question?

[QUOTE=xilman;341761]Does anyone, other than cheesehead, have even the faintest interest in the answer to this question?[/QUOTE]

My honest answer is: I do not know. (Which implies that I do not have an interest. It might be because I have not had interest in the whole conversation...)

[QUOTE=xilman;341761]I asked you whether anyone but you had even the faintest interest in the answer to the question:[/QUOTE]No, you did not ask me that.

Your question began "Does anyone, other than cheesehead, ...". Not only is that _not_ directed to me, but also it's a question -- about the interest of other people -- that I can't answer in their place ... so I didn't.

My response (not answer) was to point out a reason why some folks might be interested in the answer.

[quote]It very clearly has a straightforward yes/no answer, though a "I don't know" could also be an honest response.[/quote]Yes, everyone else but me could answer for him/herself with a "yes" or a "no" or a "I don't know". The additional reason I provided might have enabled some who might have said, "I don't know" to change that to a "yes" or "no".

[quote]Going off on a tangent about honesty does not answer the question as asked.[/quote]No, [U]but you didn't ask me a question[/U], [I]contrary to your opening sentence's false claim[/I], and no one else has gone off on a tangent about honesty.

[quote]May I have a straight answer to my straight question:

Does anyone, other than cheesehead, have even the faintest interest in the answer to this question?[/quote]So far, you have one answer, from rajula.

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Folks,

It's not all that complicated.

Tell the truth, and promptly apologize for making mistaken statements once you've been informed that it's mistaken.

Ask for clarification when necessary.

[QUOTE=cheesehead;341766]So far, you have one answer, from rajula.[/QUOTE]

Cheesehead...

If I may, you are too quick to get over-excited.

And too quick to fixate on pedantic little issues (as I've said to you before).

Life is too short -- paint with broad strokes....

[QUOTE=chalsall;341767]
Life is too short -- paint with broad strokes....[/QUOTE]Don't you recognize that the broad stroke of the issue of honesty applies all the way back to the start of this thread? Do you consider the "IRS scandal" and the DOJ matter pedantic little issues?

Was my hint in post #61 too vague?

[QUOTE=cheesehead;341768]Perhaps my hint in post #61 was too vague.[/QUOTE]

Definitely.

And your post #64 was, well, indicative....

[QUOTE=chalsall;341769]Definitely.[/QUOTE]I'll try to remember to be more specific next time.

[quote]And your post #64 was, well, indicative....[/QUOTE]... of the principle that big matters are composed of many small matters? And that when one is careless about truth in the latter, one may fall into carelessness about truth in the former?

[QUOTE=cheesehead;341770]... of the principle that big matters are composed of many small matters? And that when one is careless about truth in the latter, one may fall into carelessness about truth in the former?[/QUOTE]

Please understand...

I'm probably almost as obsessive compulsive and pedantic as you are. If not more so.

Individuals like us need to train ourselves to see the "big picture"; the "forest for the trees".

Otherwise we'll get trapped in the "rabbit holes" of the Universe.

Kindest regards.