Oh. I thought the subject had been put to bed, but I see you're still talking about me.
Did not you yourself say that you could see that there could be a reading alternative to yours? Yes, you did, Neo.
And I, too, saw the two interpretations!-- the one meaning merely "I shall join, vehemently, the discussion we are having on this thread," the other meaning "I will undertake to make it unpleasant for you in some way (or other), on this and other threads..."
Please do not forget, in rehashing this matter, that we are in total, documented, agreement, you and I, about the fact that there were two possible interpretations!
The only question, Neo, is whether haqihana himself shared with you and me the perception that the words could be understood two ways.
I believe that haqihana knew that a threat-interpretation was there to be taken to heart by me (and yet the threat could retain deniability), and you assume that only you and I know that more than one meaning could be taken.
(BWT, perhaps you are unaware of this, but it is often the case, in the English language, that a threat is identifiable in hostile "if you do this/then I will do that" communications... and perhaps in some other languages, too?)
And here, again, to refresh everyone's memory, is the post about which your position is that only you and I alone, and not haqihana, knew there was more than one interpretation there to be made. Bolding is mine:
"If you persist in the type of vindictive posts you have been
sending, I will consider you an enemy and take appropriate action
in the way of words on this, or any other, thread. If you want to
ignore PROLIFE, that is an option open to you, but any more of what
I have been reading, will bring swift retaliation." |
