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To: Greg or e who wrote (11724)	12/31/2010 12:25:58 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

"Of course it was a question Jacq, and a perfectly legitimate one" You are being immoral once again. Even when you do ask a "question" of me, it must be stripped of all misrepresentation and misdirection and pretense before I will feel any inclination to respond to you. You have shown yourself to be an immoral and insincere person and poster. If you want to engage in genuine discussion you have (and have always had) the opportunity to conduct yourself as a man and to conduct your "questions" with sincerity. 99% of your posts are ad hominem attacks crafted strictly to misrepresent and to express obloquy and malice. That is a small game for small people. Due to my height I am restricted from those rides so regretfully cannot join you and other morally truncated people in that kindergarten sand-box.

To: Greg or e who wrote (11724)	12/31/2010 1:20:13 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 69300

I dug back through the thread to find the relevant reference. Message 27030402 The not-quite-question: >So your wife talks to dead people and they told her that there was someone who had cancer in your family?< Remove the question mark, and I notice two things: the sentence structure is not interrogative, and the pejorative "so" prefaces the statement. Even with a question mark, the effect is disbelieving, belittling ... snide. Sarcastic. I agree to some extent that written communication does not capture body language and intonation. The way words are combined takes on the force of intonation. If you want to ask a question that is recognizable as such ... and not instantly red-flagged as an almost-plausibly-deniable slur, I would be so bold as to state that you need to use correct interrogative syntax. I was startled to see your and Brumar's nonquestions follow identical form: question mark tacked onto a declarative sentence prefaced by pejorative fillword. To me, the implied contempt is obvious, and I don't feel like giving into the tiny little dominance game contained in the format. I strongly counsel - let your questions be actual questions. Jmo.