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Have you considered making a contribution with your own opinions?
There exists a catch 22 situation where people with a useful contribution no longer post because of the inevitability of some 20 paragraph dissection of a general remark. So the exchange - which must be mutually satisfying - between Whiskers and Trainspotter continues as they duke it out in what seems like some sort of competition to dominate.

And that is the point I'm trying to make. One can ignore Whiskers, not read his rambling, verbose posts, and then make a comment about something unrelated, and immediately he's all over it, dissecting every word, including putting up dictionary definitions, and demanding a response. When such a demand is ignored, it gets repeated. Why would anyone keep trying to engage any sort of reasonable discussion in these circumstances?

As above. You drop out also, following others.

Well, actually, no, it's not, Mr Burns. Joe explains below that :

<blockquote data-quote="Julia" data-source="post: 803226" data-attributes="member: 1152">Have you considered making a contribution with your own opinions?&nbsp; There exists a catch 22 situation where people with a useful contribution no longer post because of the inevitability of some 20 paragraph dissection of a general remark.&nbsp; So the exchange - which must be mutually satisfying - between Whiskers and Trainspotter continues as they duke it out in what seems like some sort of competition to dominate.And that is the point I&#039;m trying to make.&nbsp; One can ignore Whiskers, not read his rambling, verbose posts, and then make a comment about something unrelated, and immediately he&#039;s all over it, dissecting every word, including putting up dictionary definitions, and demanding a response.&nbsp; When such a demand is ignored, it gets repeated.&nbsp; Why would anyone keep trying to engage any sort of reasonable discussion in these circumstances?As above.&nbsp; You drop out also, following others.Well, actually, no, it&#039;s not, Mr Burns.&nbsp; Joe explains below that :</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Julia, post: 803226, member: 1152"] Have you considered making a contribution with your own opinions? There exists a catch 22 situation where people with a useful contribution no longer post because of the inevitability of some 20 paragraph dissection of a general remark. So the exchange - which must be mutually satisfying - between Whiskers and Trainspotter continues as they duke it out in what seems like some sort of competition to dominate. And that is the point I'm trying to make. One can ignore Whiskers, not read his rambling, verbose posts, and then make a comment about something unrelated, and immediately he's all over it, dissecting every word, including putting up dictionary definitions, and demanding a response. When such a demand is ignored, it gets repeated. Why would anyone keep trying to engage any sort of reasonable discussion in these circumstances? As above. You drop out also, following others. Well, actually, no, it's not, Mr Burns. Joe explains below that : [/QUOTE]

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