| > Does it move the discussion productively forward? Yes. > What is the motivation for your question? To know if we are discussing about public health issues or moral believes. If it is the later, then there is no point continuing the discussion. > Where do you expect the discussion to go from here? If the motivation behind his comment was morals, then I don't expect the discussion to go anywhere. It is a dead end. If it is about public health, we can continue the discussion. You are doing the exact same thing you are accusing me of. It would be a good time to follow your advice: "Please default to the strongest possible interpretation of another's comment.
Give them the benefit of the doubt." As I mentioned all I wanted to know is if he is trying to have a discussion about morals or public health. Because if it is the first then I don't want to be part of the discussion. (Edit in response to your edit) You are starting an argument on my post, and when I reply to your argument you make a passive aggressive edit to your post accusing me of not dropping the argument. And you drop it, by making a non-reply reply? |
When I see that a discussion is not progressing constructively (as I observed from your first response to me), I try to make clear in a response that am indeed dropping the thread: I'm not interested in tit-for-tat back and forth, and know that it takes both parties to work toward a common goal for such discussions to be productive: I'm as much responsible as any other party. I do hope you find the constructive discussion you're looking for, and apologize for taking this off-topic as far as it has.