Econ 101

[chuck]

On a personal level, I've been busy. I apologize to those who posted where I did not respond in a timely manner. Also, this thread has become more confrontational than it needed to be and I fear that I contributed to more than my fair share by my tone and poorly worded posts. My apologies to those I offended.

My tone and mind set occurred because I was irritated by a quick one line dismissal of the article followed by a post that used a rhetorical question as a scold for jibing. I had assumed that scolding was a jibe directed at me for posting "a cute" article. Later, I requested support for the contention the article was nothing but "cute" and used the unfortunate phrase "...logic would be beneficial" when I meant "...an explanation of your logic would be beneficial" There is a world of difference between my post and my intent. Again, I apologize as I had no intention of implying the logic was flawed. I was just trying to point out that there was no logic (or explanation) given. The statement I made to denuseri ("It is also difficult to communicate when one writes one thing but means something else.") applies to me here.

However, there are several less than tactful statements of mine that were directed at comments that I found rude or offensive. For those, I offer no apology. Conversely, if I make a post that someone regards as rude, I ask they too point it out. That will give me an opportunity to clarify, justify, and/or apologize. As in the "logic" statement above, it needed to be clarified and apologized for (there was no justification). I'm grateful to have the opportunity to do so here.